Work in progress:

This will be explained more fully in other sections of the site.

Genes are very much like sections of computer code, they tell the body how to work, how to perform certain functions, how to grow.

There are hundreds of thousands of genes that go up to create the complete code that creates the human body (the genome).

If one of these genes is faulty it can have serious effects on the body. Some genetic defects are very severe, others are so minor they are never even noticed.

Kallmann's syndrome (KS) is caused by one or maybe two genes not working the way they are supposed to. Why the genes do not work, or why they are faulty is a whole branch of science in itself.

There are 8 genes that have been found to be associated with KS and it is the failure of one or two of these genes that cause the symptoms seen in KS.

Attached is a file which goes into the genetics in a little more detail.