X-linked disorders: Breaking Silence
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A new study from Harvard Medical School investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital points toward a potential strategy for treating X-linked disorders—those caused by mutations in the X chromosome—in females.
Their report, published online in PNAS Early Edition, describes an approach to reactivate the inactive X chromosome in mouse cell lines, leading to increased expression of the healthy version of protein underlying the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome.
https://www.technology.org/2018/01/16/breaking-silence/
