Screening for DNA-repair gene could predict rate of progress of Huntington’s disease, muscular dystrophy

Screening for DNA-repair gene could predict rate of progress of Huntington’s disease, muscular dystrophy, Polly Thompson The Hospital for Sick Children (Canada).

The genetic repair function is also important in Friedreich’s ataxia and at least 13 other neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases.

Citation: Tomé S, Manley K, Simard JP, Clark GW, Slean MM, et al. (2013) MSH3 Polymorphisms and Protein Levels Affect CAG Repeat Instability in Huntington's Disease Mice. PLoS Genet 9(2): e1003280. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003280.

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