Midland: City University Team Makes Breakthrough in Genetic Disease
Birmingham Post › January 16, 2006
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Scientists have made a genetic breakthrough which could lead to a cure for a rare but fatal condition that affects unborn babies.
An international team led by the University of Birmingham has identified a defective gene for Meckel-Gruber syndrome, an inherited condition that severely impedes development of the foetus's brain, liver and kidneys.See the full content of this document
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Midland: City University Team Makes Breakthrough in Genetic Disease
When it is not defective, the newly-identified gene - called MKS3 - plays an important role in the development of these organ...
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