U of A Researchers Developing New 'DNA Stitch' to Treat Muscular Dystrophy (IMAGE)

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

U of A Researchers Developing New 'DNA Stitch' to Treat Muscular Dystrophy

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U of A medical geneticist Toshifumi Yokota is testing a new treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy that acts like a stitch to repair a genetic mutation in patients with the debilitating disease.

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Jordan Carson

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