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Selective elimination of mutant mitochondrial genomes as therapeutic strategy for the treatment of NARP and MILS syndromes.
Gene therapy - 1 Apr 2008
Alexeyev M F, Venediktova N, Pastukh V, Shokolenko I, Bonilla G, Wilson G L
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial diseases are not uncommon, and may result from mutations in both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). At present, only palliative therapies are available for these disorders, and interest in the development of efficient treatment protocols is high. Here, we demonstrate that in cells heteroplasmic for the T8993G mutation, which is a cause for the NARP and MILS syndromes, infection with an...
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