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Snippets of RNA May Reverse Symptoms of Angelman Syndrome
Published December 4, 2014
in Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Small pieces of RNA restore the expression of a key gene missing in Angelman syndrome and offer the promise of a highly specific cure, researchers reported Monday in Nature. Injecting these RNA snippets into the brains of mice missing one copy of this gene, called UBE3A, reverses their memory problems.
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