Mutations taking place only in brain identified as cause of intractable epilepsy

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 10:30 in Biology & Nature

Brain somatic mutations in the MTOR gene Researchers propose a targeted therapy to lessen epileptic seizures by suppressing the activation of mTOR kinase, a signaling protein in the brain.

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