Type 2A mitchondrial abnormality research

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Nailing Down the Cause of Nerve Disorder

MONDAY, April 5 (HealthDayNews) -- An abnormality in the mitochondria,

which produce energy for cells and fuels the nerves required for muscle

control, is responsible for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), one of

the most common inherited disorders in humans.

The discovery by neurogeneticists at Duke University's Center for Human

Genetics and their international colleagues could help in the

development of treatments for CMT and provide scientists with a better

understanding of various diseases that affect the peripheral nervous

system.

The study, published in the April 4 issue of Nature Genetics, included

seven families with a form of the degenerative nerve disorder CMT type

2A. The scientists found the families had defects in a gene called

mitofusin 2, which is critical to mitochondrial movement.

Using gene therapy to restore lost gene function in people with CMT

might serve as an effective treatment, the researchers suggest.

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Great find Gretchen!!

CMT will become no more, and I may walk again, hurray!!

" Using gene therapy to restore lost gene function in people with CMT

might serve as an effective treatment, the researchers suggest. "

I think it would be effective!!

Take care to all