As per the figures, migraine is a condition that affects roughly about one in six women and one in 12 men and it has also become one of the most expensive brain disorders in the USA and Britain.

To contain the uncontrolled spread of migraine, a group of international researchers have identified the first known gene that carries the risk of migraine.

The research, undertaken by the researchers at the Wellcome Trust is believed to stimulate more in-depth and advanced researches, as the discovery of the association between the new found gene and migraine is critical.

Delighted with the results of the research, Co-senior Author of the study Professor Christian Kubisch of University of Ulm, Germany said, "This research opens the door for new studies to look in depth at the biology of the disease and how this alteration in particular may exert its effect".

In the research more than 50,000 people were studied by the research team from the International Headache Genetics Consortium at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Oxford.

Post the observation, it was established that people who had a specific DNA variant that was located on chromosome 8, were more likely to have the risk of developing migraine.

It was found after statistical analysis that due to the variation in the DNA that was sound between the genes PGCP and MTDH/AEG-1, located on chromosomes 8; the vulnerability to migraine is increased.