Genetic transfer in medicine: Batten disease
Inheriting small mutations can sometimes have devastating effects on people’s lives. Otago Department of Biochemistry researcher Dr Stephanie Hughes and her research team study a rare genetic neurodegenerative disorder called Batten disease. They are developing a treatment using gene therapy, with the help of some sheep that also have the disease.
Click through the pages below to find out more about Batten disease and Dr Hughes’s research to develop a treatment.
Download a pdf file of this story on Batten disease gene therapy here (3.7MB).
More information on Batten disease and gene therapy:
- Lysosomal Diseases New Zealand
- Batten Disease Support and Research Association
- Genes and gene therapy (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
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