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Gene Therapies for Polyglutamine Diseases.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2018
Matos Carlos A, Carmona Vítor, Vijayakumar Udaya-Geetha, Lopes Sara, Albuquerque Patrícia, Conceição Mariana, Nobre Rui Jorge, Nóbrega Clévio, de Almeida Luís Pereira
Abstract excerpt
Polyglutamine diseases are hereditary degenerative disorders of the nervous system that have remained, to this date, untreatable. Promisingly, investigation into their molecular etiology and the development of increasingly perfected tools have contributed to the design of novel strategies with therapeutic potential. Encouraging studies have explored gene therapy as a means to counteract cell demise and loss in...
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