Posts Tagged ‘spinal muscular atrophy’
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“We know that Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, and cancer all come from genes that are aberrantly spliced,” says lead researcher Ravindra Singh. “If this is a model disease, meaning we succeed in treating spinal muscular atrophy, we will know how to correct splicing of other genes in other diseases.” (Photo: Prominent green dots represent well-organized SMN bodies, or gems, in the nucleus of the treated cells.)
IOWA STATE (US)—By replacing a poor-performing gene with a healthy one, researchers may have moved one step closer to identifying a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, the second-leading cause of infant mortality in the world. Continue…
