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Lexicon Genetics receives $2 million grant from U.S. Army for spinal muscular atrophy study

Published in Genomics and Genetics Weekly, June 16th, 2006

Lexicon Genetics Incorporated (LEXG) announced that it was awarded a grant from the United States Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC) for the identification of targets that may be important in the development of drugs to prevent or treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a neurodegenerative disorder and the genetic cause of death in early childhood.

Lexicon will receive $2 million in funding for the 1-year initial term of the grant.

SMA is characterized by a mutation in the SMN1 gene that leads to neurodegeneration. Under the grant, Lexicon will utilize its proprietary gene knockout technology to identify genes that, when knocked out,...

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Source: Genomics and Genetics Weekly (2006-06-16)

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