The team said that by understanding why some members of this family don't feel pain, they could unearth new drug targets to treat others with chronic pain.
The one-year partnership will focus on identifying patients with abnormal pain conditions and validating the genetic findings as potential targets for drugs.
The firm has yet to publish peer-reviewed clinical evaluations, and genetics experts have raised doubts about its choice of targets to predict addiction.
In Nature this week: short tandem repeats contribute to gene expression variation in humans, mutation linked to cold-aggravated peripheral pain, and more.
The effort has provided a comprehensive view of the toxin proteins involved in the sting of these dangerous jellyfish, which is now being used to identify targets for inhibitory drugs.
Lawmakers have asked four direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to explain their privacy policies and security measures, according to Stat News.
