Gene therapy: Glybera approved by European Commission

European Commission approves uniQure’s gene therapy, Glybera

The European CommissionA has given Glybera marketing authorisation in Europe for the first time, this treatment corrects errors in a person's genetic code

It's an important step that opens the door to this type of treatment in many genetically based Diseases. The race to reach gene therapy to patients has begun!!!!

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Cells Lacking Pfh1, a Fission Yeast Homolog of Mammalian Frataxin, Display Constitutive Activation of the Iron Starvation Response

Cells Lacking Pfh1, a Fission Yeast Homolog of Mammalian Frataxin, Display Constitutive Activation of the Iron Starvation Response. Natalia Gabrielli, José Ayté and Elena Hidalgo. JBC, Journal of Bological Chemistry, First Published on October 31, 2012, doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.421735 jbc.M112.421735.

Keywords: Friedreich ataxia, frataxin, iron homeostasis, oxidative stress, Fep1, Php4, Grx4, S. pombe

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