Researchers Identify Gene that Promotes Axon Destruction

Posted by Site Administrator on June 19, 2012

“Identification of the dSarm/Sarm1 gene has enormous therapeutic potential, for example as a knockdown target for patients suffering from diseases involving axonal loss.”

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