Can genetic therapy help kids with Angelman syndrome overcome seizures?

(University of North Carolina Health Care) Angelman syndrome is a genetic disease with no cure. Children grow up with severe intellectual disabilities and a range of other problems, arguably the worst of which are epileptic seizures. Now scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have found evidence that genetic therapy may prevent the enhanced seizure susceptibility.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news