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Baby gene therapy study offers hope for fatal muscle disease – WRAL.com

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2017-11-01 NEWS

Baby gene therapy study offers hope for fatal muscle disease
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WASHINGTON — A first attempt at gene therapy for a disease that leaves babies unable to move, swallow and, eventually, breathe has extended the tots’ lives, and some began to roll over, sit and stand on their own, researchers reported Wednesday. Only

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Sarepta Investing in CRISPR Technology to Develop DMD Drugs
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“Although early, CRISPR technology represents hope for a large percentage of individuals with DMD. Excising certain exons has the potential to correct a majority of DMD mutations. Toward that goal, we’ve shown in mouse models that we can excise exons …
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (SRPT) registers a price change of 2.84% while CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) finishes …Stocks Gallery
Sarepta and Duke University Collaborating on Gene Editing as a Treatment for Duchenne MDMuscular Dystrophy News

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