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Title: What makes us transsexual?
Post by: Natasha on July 31, 2008, 01:47:43 AM
What makes us transsexual?

Link (http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/relationships/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1592531)
7/31/2008

"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.