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Arginase I mRNA therapy - a novel approach to rescue arginase 1 enzyme deficiency.
RNA biology - 1 Jan 2018
Asrani Kirtika H, Cheng Lei, Cheng Christopher J, Subramanian Romesh R
Abstract excerpt
Arginase I (ARG1) deficiency is an autosomal recessive urea cycle disorder, caused by deficiency of the enzyme Arginase I, resulting in accumulation of arginine in blood. Current Standard of Care (SOC) for ARG1 deficiency in patients or those having detrimental mutations of ARG1 gene is diet control. Despite diet and drug therapy with nitrogen scavengers, ~25% of patients suffer from severe mental deficits and...
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