Yeast Mimics Severity Of Mutations Leading To Fatal Childhood Illness

Scientists report that human gene mutations expressed in yeast cells can predict the severity of Batten Disease, a fatal nervous system disorder that begins during childhood. The new study published in Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM), http://dmm.biologists.org/, describes how the extent of changes in mutated cells paralleled the severity of symptoms seen in humans.

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Filed under: Biology on January 4th, 2009