Genetics
UCLA Scientists Discover New Way To Fix Defective A-T Gene; Findings May Apply To Cancer, Other Genetic Diseases
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Posted on Oct 21, 2004, 4 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
UCLA scientists have devised a novel way to repair one of the genetic mutations that causes ataxia-telangiectasia, (A-T), a life-shortening disorder that devastates the neurological and immune systems of one in 40,000 young children. Reported Oct. 18 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the findings could hold far-reaching implications for treating A-T, cancer and other genetic diseases.
UCLA scientists have devised a novel way to repair one of the genetic mutations that causes ataxia-telangiectasia, (A-T), a life-shortening disorder that devastates the neurological and immune systems of one in 40,000 young children. Reported Oct. 18 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the findings could hold far-reaching implications for treating A-T, cancer and other genetic diseases.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/10/041019092318.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/10/041019092318.htm