Software developed to draw up family history of genetic disorders

Professor Akimune Fukushima (L) of Iwate Medical University explains the mechanics of "f-tree," an application program designed to help draw up a medical family history of a person's possible genetic disorders, at a press conference in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 17, 2015. The software has been developed by the university's Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, an entity tasked with studying genomic cohorts of regional residents, among other duties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo