Scientists identify gene for deadly inherited lung disease

Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 11:49 in Biology & Nature

HOUSTON (June 4, 2009) -- A rare, deadly developmental disorder of the lungs called alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) that usually kills the infants born with it within the first month of life results from deletions or mutations in the FOXF1 transcription factor gene, said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine (

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