Little-Studied RNA Might Be Key To Regulating Genetic Disorders Like Epilepsy, Autism
Now, scientists at northwestern medicine and the broad institute of mit and harvard have discovered an rna that acts like the brake in one’s car to control how much or. Now, scientists at northwestern medicine and the broad institute of mit and harvard have discovered an rna that acts like the brake in one’s car to control how much or. Like taking the foot off the brake. The study specifically focused on the chd2 gene, which causes autism and epilepsy. In 2013, carvill and colleagues found that in a subset of patients with epilepsy and autism, the chd2 gene produces too little protein.
W hen a gene produces too much protein, it can have devastating consequences on brain.