What makes us transsexual?
Link7/31/2008
"Nature may have made us the way that we are, but nurture is what gives us a problem," she said.
However, Tempfer strongly denied any such motive for his research, saying: "That is completely out of the question," he says.
Nevertheless, he said that if other gene variants with a stronger association to transsexuality are identified, it can be easy to establish a diagnosis. This might allow gender reassignment surgery or hormone therapy to start earlier in life.
