Researchers from Oxford University and St George's, University of Londonand scientists from Australia, Europe and America have found in a link between the gentic makeup and stroke.
The researchers found that a gene called HDAC9 can affect the changes of suffering from the condition. The genetic structure changes on about ten per cent of all human chromosomes and people who have a copy of a variant each from their mother and father have twice the risk than others of stroke.
The latest research will allow new and innovative treatments. The large artery ischemic stroke causes two-thirds of strokes when a blockage occurs in one of the large blood vessels. Theresearch also found that the variant does not impact the risk of people suffering other varieties of the condition.
Professor Peter Donnelly, co-leader of the study and director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in the University of Oxford said that the study shows different types of stroke involve different genetic mechanisms.
Professor Donnelly added, "This is really fascinating, and if it holds up more generally, will move us closer to personalised medicine, where treatments and preventions can be tailored more precisely to individual patients."
The research was published in Nature Genetics.
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