Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK.
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, EMBL-EBI, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, UK.
Cells. 2022 Jun 16;11(12):1937. doi: 10.3390/cells11121937.
This commentary is written in response to the recent article from Herring et al., discussing the eradication of the offensive term "retardation" from gene nomenclature. We discuss the work of the HUGO (Human Genome Organisation) Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) and outline the steps already taken to remove this term from our gene names. We also highlight the latest nomenclature changes made as a result of discussions with the authors and agreement with the European Fragile X Network.
这篇评论是针对 Herring 等人最近的一篇文章而写的,该文章讨论了从基因命名法中消除具有冒犯性的术语“智力迟钝”。我们讨论了人类基因组组织(HUGO)基因命名委员会(HGNC)的工作,并概述了已经采取的从基因名称中删除该术语的步骤。我们还强调了由于与作者讨论并与欧洲脆性 X 网络达成一致而进行的最新命名法更改。