The gene mutation turns people into 'wolves'.

Scientists have discovered a genetic mutation causing confusion that causes some people to become "wolf", with hair growing on their faces and bodies.

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Baby Nat, Thai, suffers from werewolf syndrome - Photo: care2.com

Hypertrichosis , also known as 'werewolf' syndrome, is a very rare case, and only more than 100 cases have been recorded so far worldwide. Men with this syndrome have hair covering their entire face and eyelids, while women suffer from thick patches of hair on their bodies. In March, a Thai girl suffering from the werewolf syndrome entered the Guinness Book of World Records in the category of the most hairy child.

The certainty that experts know is that this disorder is hereditary, and in 1995 they identified a mutation on the gene segment of the X chromosome in a Mexican family . However, until the discovery of another case of wolves in China recently, experts first broke the secret that caused this unintended hairy condition. Test results conducted by Beijing Medical University showed that he and his family had an additional group of genes on the X chromosome. The scientists then went to their families in Mexico and found similar findings. right position on the X chromosome, although the redundant group this time is completely different from the case in China.

That extra DNA could impact and activate the hair growth adjacent gene, creating feathery families. According to Pragna Patel, a researcher at the University of Southern California (USA), the excited gene is SOX3. This is a remarkable finding, which may contribute to a future treatment of baldness or excessive hair on the body, according to the June issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics .