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Often you know a little bit about where in the ocean the fish are, but often not,\u00ab he explains to the University Post.<\/p>\n<h2>Gene variation is the clue<\/h2>\n<p>For geneticists, their first clue is the SNP, pronounced snip, or the minor genetic variation between individuals of the same species. If you can find a genetic variation between two groups of the same species, and if the two groups differ in propensity for a disease, there is a good chance that this gene is the right place to look.<\/p>\n<p>And once the hunch is there, scientists can use new high-throughput genomic technologies to read off millions of genetic sequences very fast and at low cost. 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They also have similar digestive systems, and they gain weight and develop diseases in much the same way as humans do,\u00ab he explains.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike humans, pig models in genetics allow what you could call ‘deep’ systems biology.<\/p>\n<h2>Big problem<\/h2>\n<p>\u00bbWe can make inferences on humans, but with pigs we can go deeper. We can be more invasive, and we can see how genes express themselves in various tissues and how they talk to each other in the form of co-expression gene networks,\u00ab Haja explains.<\/p>\n<p>The pigs that the Genetics groups work on are out in an experimental farm west of Copenhagen and come from two breeds, G\u00f6ttingen mini-pigs and common Danish production pigs.<\/p>\n<p>Obesity and type 2 diabetes, are a huge global problem: According to Haja Kadarmideen, 20-25 per cent of the European Union\u2019s health care budgets are related to these diseases, approximately 42 per cent of the budget of India.<\/p>\n<h2>Can prevent children from becoming obese<\/h2>\n<p>In what is called the BioChild project, he and his team are co-operating with Indian partners in a large scale study of childhood obesity.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 6,500 children from India and Denmark with a propensity to obesity, will be tested. Genetic data on a quarter of a million DNA markers from all of the children will be collected and tested for associations, trying to find a clear genetic and biological answer to the elusive question of obesity. The outcome of this project will be that families who have this disposition can take preventive measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe use systems biology as a form of analysis that you could call the \u2018nuts and bolts\u2019 of developing biologically-relevant predictive markers,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<h2>Something useful<\/h2>\n<p>\u00bbSo we should be able to say: This child is going to be obese. What preventive measures should they take, and what drugs should they use?,\u00ab Haja explains, adding that the project will hopefully end up in \u00bbreally individual, personalised medicine\u00ab.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIn this project we can clearly see that we are doing something useful to society.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibhv.life.ku.dk\/English\/Nyheder\/2012\/HAJABIOCHILD.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can read more about the BioChild project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Smell-free meat balls<\/h2>\n<p>In one of Haja\u2019s other projects, he and his colleagues are searching for the genes behind \u2018boar taint\u2019, a sex hormone-related smell that finds its way into the meat from non-castrated pigs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCurrently (immuno)castration is the only way to get rid of these hormones but that has animal welfare problems and food quality issues\u00ab, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe idea is that with the knowledge of genes or its variants causing the boar taint, we will be able to select animals that don\u2019t produce the offensive smell. 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