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Porcine Zygote Injection with Cas9/sgRNA Results in DMD-Modified Pig with Muscle Dystrophy.
International journal of molecular sciences - 9 Oct 2016
Yu Hong-Hao, Zhao Heng, Qing Yu-Bo, Pan Wei-Rong, Jia Bao-Yu, Zhao Hong-Ye, Huang Xing-Xu, Wei Hong-Jiang
Abstract excerpt
Dystrophinopathy, including Duchenne muscle dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscle dystrophy (BMD) is an incurable X-linked hereditary muscle dystrophy caused by a mutation in the DMD gene in coding dystrophin. Advances in further understanding DMD/BMD for therapy are expected. Studies on mdx mice and dogs with muscle dystrophy provide limited insight into DMD disease mechanisms and therapeutic testing because of the...
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