Scientists find potential treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia

UT Southwestern, Newsroom. DALLAS – Feb. 16, 2016 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified synthetic RNA and DNA that reverses the protein deficiency causing Friedreich’s ataxia, a neurological disease for which there is currently no cure.


 Scientists find potential treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia

The findings appear in the journal Nature Communications.Activating frataxin expression by repeat-targeted nucleic acids