First clinical trial of gene therapy for muscular dystrophy lends insight into the disease

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 23:21 in Health & Medicine

A clinical trial designed to replace the genetic defect causing the most common form of muscular dystrophy has uncovered an unexpected aspect of the disease. The trial showed that some patients mount an immune response to the dystrophin protein even before they have received the gene therapy.

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