Severe congenital disorder successfully treated in a mouse model for the first time
Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
Using a mouse model, researchers have for the first time successfully treated a severe congenital disorder in which sugar metabolism is disturbed. Scientists demonstrated that if female mice are given mannose with their drinking water prior to mating and during pregnancy, their offspring will develop normally even if they carry the genetic mutation for the congenital disorder.