Gene deletions stop muscular dystrophy progression (IMAGE)

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Gene deletions stop muscular dystrophy progression

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Muscle tissue damage appears when muscular dystrophy is induced in a mouse model (Middle). But muscle tissue closely resembles normal tissue when the mouse model lacks two genes that control mitochondrial pore formation (right).

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Cincinnati Children's

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