Mechanism that allows bacteria to infect plants may inspire cure for eye disease
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
By borrowing a tool from bacteria that infect plants, scientists have developed a new approach to eliminate mutated DNA inside mitochondria -- the energy factories within cells. Doctors might someday use the approach to treat a variety of mitochondrial diseases, including the degenerative eye disease Leber hereditary optic neuropathy.