The trash keeps getting backed up inside the cell until the cells can no longer function properly and then eventually die throughout the entire brain.
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The trash keeps getting backed up inside the cell until the cells can no longer function properly and then eventually die throughout the entire brain.
The virus is used as a Trojan horse that houses and then delivers a healthy, functional gene into the cells of the brain ... The genes are incorporated within the genetic material of the cells, which are then able to produce a protein that is deficient in Batten disease.
Before now, we had no hope of a therapy for Batten disease, but today, we can say that there is some hope ... These results are not just promising for sufferers of the disease, but suggest that gene therapy can work and should be studied for other neurological disorders. Each gene in our body has the potential to become a target to study for human disease.
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