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Day: August 16, 2020

Exciting new dyskeratosis congenita research breakthrough

Posted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 by admin

Scientists in Boston have discovered a possible new treatment for dyskeratosis congenita (DC), which could prevent or reverse DC for people carrying the PARN or DKC1 (and possibly other) gene variants (mutations). Tests in the laboratory show that the telomeres in genetically modified stem cells normalised when the cells were treated with BCH001 (a PAPD5[…]

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