Could epigenome editing prevent developmental disorders?

Source:https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327296.php Using a new type of genetic engineering tool called epigenome editing in mice, scientists have restored irregularities in the developing brain that arise from a gene mutation. New research in mice suggests that gene editing could prevent brain developmental disorders.Epigenome editing is a way of altering the expression, or reading, of genes without altering their underlying DNA code.  A team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, led the Nature Communications study that focuses on the protein C11orf46. One of the study’s corresponding authors is Dr. Atsushi Kamiya, who is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In humans, mutations in the section of DNA that contains the C11orf46 gene can lead to WAGR syndrome, a genetic condition that can cause intellectual disability and impair many systems of the body. The researchers found that C11orf46 directs the development of the corpus ...

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