Fatal neurodegenerative disease in kids also affects the bowel (IMAGE)
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Researchers at WashU Medicine have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study, a team led by Jonathan Cooper, PhD, professor of pediatrics (left), showed that gene therapy to the bowel in mice modeling Batten disease reduced symptoms and extended lifespan. Also pictured are co-first authors Ewa Ziółkowska, PhD (center), a postdoctoral research associate, and Matt Jansen (right), a graduate student.
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