News from Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital says that the HLA Laboratory in the hospital has discovered and identified three novel HLA (human leukocyte antigen) alleles. They have been attested by the gene bank of the US National Institutes of Health and have obtained the official designation by the WHOHLA Designation Committee. It means that new codes have been added to the human "genetic ID card". Among the 1,800-odd alleles discovered so far by human being those discovered and identified by Chinese have increased to ten.

As learned the discovery of these three novel alleles not only enriched the storehouse of human genetics, but also provides more chances for the study of relevant diseases such as the search for HLA-matched suppliers in Hematopoietic stem cell transplants and the healing of patients with malignant blood diseases.

By People's Daily Online