mRNA:

Bahareh Torkzaban1, Austin Sponaugle1, Jeff Coller2,3,4

  • 1Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

概括

这项研究介绍了Tethered mRNA放大器,这是一种新的疗法,可以增强信使RNA (mRNA) 表达,以恢复遗传疾病中缺乏蛋白质水平. 这种方法为像哈普隆缺陷症这样的疾病提供了不那么侵入性的治疗方法.

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