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Adeno-associated virus transfer of a gene encoding SNAP-25 resistant to botulinum toxin A attenuates neuromuscular paralysis associated with botulism.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 2 Apr 2008
Raghunath Arvind, Perez-Branguli Francesc, Smith Leonard, Dolly J Oliver
Abstract excerpt
Advances in viral gene therapy have opened new possibilities for treating a range of motor neuron diseases, but these have not yet been translated into clinically applicable therapies because of difficulties in delivery to susceptible/damaged neurons, ambiguities in the identity of gene(s) implicated, and a paucity of means to quantify any physiological improvement. Most of these hurdles can be overcome by using...
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