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Scientists at National Institutes of Health target gene therapy
August 14th, 2008
" Prenatal exposure of the developing brain to cocaine causes morphological and behavioral abnormalities. Recent studies indicate that cocaine-induced proliferation inhibition and/or apoptosis in neural progenitor cells may play a pivotal role in causing these abnormalities," researchers in the United States report. "To understand the molecular mechanism through which cocaine inhibits cell proliferation in neural progenitors, we sought to identify the molecules that are responsible for mediating the effect of cocaine on cell cycle regulation. Methods and Findings Microarray analysis followed by quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR was used to screen...
Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2008-08-14)
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