Thursday, October 28, 2010

Research offers clues to mechanisms behind childhood-onset disorder, Friedreich's ataxia

Wayne State University, Public Relations, October 28, 2010.

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DETROIT - Friedreich's ataxia is a childhood-onset disorder that causes progressive sensory and muscle loss. The molecular mechanisms and processes behind the incurable disorder are still in question, but a Wayne State University researcher is getting closer to the answer.

Timothy L. Stemmler, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in WSU's School of Medicine, has studied the causality of Friedriech's ataxia......
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