Jul 16, 2020
RNA repair shows promise in reversing mutations underlying a neurological disorder
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Scientists successfully edited RNA in a living animal in such a way that the repaired RNA then corrected a mutation in a protein that gives rise to a debilitating neurological disorder in people known as Rett syndrome.
The advance by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University publishes in the journal Cell Reports.
“This is the first example of using programmable RNA editing to repair a gene in mouse models of a neurological disease,” said senior author Gail Mandel, Ph.D., senior scientist in the OHSU Vollum Institute. “This gives us an approach that has some traction.”