Researcher Establishes Breakthrough Method to Help Identify Mechanisms of Disease

Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 14:00 in Health & Medicine

Sanford Health Children's Research Center researcher, Kyle Roux, PhD, has revealed a new method of research that will allow the cause of disease--particularly rare diseases--to become more easily identified. Called BioID, this method identifies the proximity and interactions between proteins in living cells providing insight into the underlying mechanisms of disease. Ultimately, this method could lead to the development of more targeted therapeutic or novel treatments for patients.

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