Retinitis pigmentosa research probes role of the enzyme DHDDS in this genetic disease

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Researchers who made a knock-in mouse-model of the genetic disorder retinitis pigmentosa 59, or RP59, expected to see retinal degeneration and retinal thinning. As reported in the journal Cells, they surprisingly found none, calling into question the commonly accepted -- though never proved -- mechanism for RP59.
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