Two Wrongs Can Make A Right With Epilepsy Genes

Inheriting two genetic mutations that can individually cause epilepsy might actually be “seizure-protective,” said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears online in the journal Nature Neuroscience.”In the genetics of the brain, two wrongs can make a right,” said Dr. Jeffrey L. Noebels, professor of neurology, neuroscience and molecular and human genetics at BCM. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Epilepsy on November 6th, 2007