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Gene therapy prevents, reverses multiple sclerosis in animal model

03:00 EDT 26 Sep 2017 | Bionity

Multiple sclerosis can be inhibited or reversed using a novel gene therapy technique that stops the disease's immune response in mouse models, University of Florida Health researchers have found. By combining a brain-protein gene and an existing medication, the researchers were able to prevent the m...

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