ISS-N1 makes the first FDA-approved drug for spinal muscular atrophy

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is one of the leading genetic diseases of children and infants. SMA is caused by deletions or mutations of Survival Motor Neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. SMN2, a nearly identical copy of SMN1, cannot compensate for the loss of SMN1 due to predominant skipping of exon 7. While var...

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Main Author: Ottesen Eric W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-01-01
Series:Translational Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2017-0001