Novel biological mechanism discovered that could lead to new treatments for neurological disorders, cancers

The lab of Yongchao C. Ma, PhD, at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago discovered a fundamental biological mechanism that could lead to new treatments for neurological diseases, such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and autism, as well as different cancers. The study was published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics. Dr. Ma's team found that chemical modification of RNA (called RNA methylation) regulates mitochondrial function.
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