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Base Editors Curb Repeating DNA in Huntington’s and Ataxia Models
Early research shows that editing expanding trinucleotide repeats halts the lengthening process that causes neurological ...
Mirage News2d
Gene Editing Halts Huntington's Mutation in Mice
Broad Institute researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and Friedreich's ataxia.The ...
The Pharma Letter2d
Lexeo raises $80 million to shore up gene therapy work after layoffs
US biotech Lexeo Therapeutics has secured $80 million from a private placement, giving the company enough capital to push ...
Madras HC allows 28-week abortion for disabled rape survivor; says case ‘can brook no delay’
CHENNAI: A pregnant woman with 80% disability, who was raped by her neighbour, terminated her 28-week foetus on Tuesday after ...
Science Daily3d
Gene editing disrupts Huntington's mutation in mice
Researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and Friedreich's ataxia. If longer than a certain threshold length, these sequences grow in length ...
Oklahoma teenager uses love of music to find a cure for rare neurological disease
An Edmond family is on a mission to find a cure. For a decade, Michael Gehr has been battling Friedreich's ataxia, a rare neurological disease that impacts the body's muscle movement and heart. Only ...
Billionaire Hart family backs fundraiser for friend with rare disorder
Flynn Mitchell said one the lowest moments of his life was trying to get home safely in his wheelchair in the middle of a ...
Billionaire’s family backs Friedreich’s ataxia research fundraiser for friend Flynn Mitchell
Billionaire Graeme Hart's granddaughter Jemima Hawkesby and her friend Flynn Mitchell graduating. She is fundraising to help ...