No Reason For Jerry Lewis Now

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Date: Thu Apr 24 2003 - 10:55:52 MDT

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    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/04/030424084706.htm
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    MDA Scientists Destroy Flaws In Cells; Muscular Dystrophy Advance May Apply
    To Other Disorders

    TUCSON, Ariz., April 22, 2003 — Scientists funded by the Muscular Dystrophy
    Association have successfully destroyed genetic material that carries
    disease-causing flaws (mutations), with minimal damage to normal cellular
    structures.

    A three-country research team deleted excess genetic material in human cells
    harboring the mutation that causes type 1 myotonic muscular dystrophy (MMD1).
    Most “gene therapy” strategies have focused on adding, rather than
    subtracting, genetic material.

    The ability to target and destroy specific genetic material may have
    implications for other diseases, including a second form of myotonic
    dystrophy, some other muscular dystrophies and some genetic forms of
    amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). It may also have
    relevance to cancer.

    The technique applies to genetically dominant diseases (those that can be
    inherited from one parent). In dominant disorders, the flaw generally results
    from the presence of something harmful in the genetic code, rather than
    something missing. >>

        
        



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