Faulty bioelectric signal responsible for facial defects caused by rare genetic disorder

Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 11:50 in Health & Medicine

Tufts University biologists have discovered the bioelectric mechanism by which the rare genetic disorder Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) causes facial abnormalities, a finding that could lead to preventive measures and treatments for a host of disorders, from birth defects to cancer. The discovery appears February 11, 2016, in the Journal of Physiology published online in advance […]

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