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Baylor College of Medicine
Scientists identify gene for deadly inherited lung disease
June 15th, 2009
A rare, deadly developmental disorder of the lungs called alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) that usually kills the infants born with it within the first month of life results from deletions or mutations in the FOXF1 transcription factor gene, said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) in a report that appears in the American Journal of Human Genetics. "There is no question that these data are convincing," said Dr. Pawel Stankiewicz assistant professor of molecular and human genetics at BCM. "This is the gene responsible for 30 to 40...
Source: Pharma Business Week (2009-06-15)
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