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Systemic delivery of scAAV9 expressing SMN prolongs survival in a model of spinal muscular atrophy.
Science translational medicine - 9 Jun 2010
Valori Chiara F, Ning Ke, Wyles Matthew, Mead Richard J, Grierson Andrew J, Shaw Pamela J, Azzouz Mimoun
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Spinal muscular atrophy is one of the most common genetic causes of death in childhood, and there is currently no effective treatment. The disease is caused by mutations in the survival motor neuron gene. Gene therapy aimed at restoring the protein encoded by this gene is a rational therapeutic approach to ameliorate the disease phenotype. We previously reported that intramuscular delivery of a lentiviral vector...
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