New hope exists in treating inherited disease by suppressing DNA mutations
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 12:00
in Biology & Nature
Genetic mutation can disrupt the way human cells make proteins, which in turn leads to inherited disease. David Bedwell, a professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Microbiology, says scientists are closer than ever to producing drugs that fix this disrupted-protein pathway and drastically improving treatment of genetic disease.