Marnie Blewitt, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and Natalia Benetti, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Our study in mice shows epigenetic changes in the mother can be passed to her offspring to influence a critical time in how the spine develops.
Gene therapy uses our genomic makeup to treat or prevent disease.
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Researchers are starting to harness the potential of this much-hyped gene editing technique – with coming applications in medicine, biology and agriculture.
Skeletal muscle is the tissue that makes our bodies move in a voluntary way, so we can walk, run, and breath. This tissue is generated and maintained by a population of specialised stem-like cells called…
Senior Scientist and the Director of the Regenerative Medicine Programme, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa