A Method to Correct or Compensate for Protein Errors in Genetic Illness (VIDEO)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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Improperly formed proteins can cause a host of serious illnesses, from muscular dystrophy to cystic fibrosis. A team at CSHL has figured out a way to prevent or reduce the pathologies caused by one type of protein error, in certain situations.

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Brian Stallard, Cold Spring Harobr Laboratory

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