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A better way to deliver fetal therapy for serious genetic disorders

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a better way to deliver fetal therapy for serious genetic disorders

In a discovery that opens the door to a less invasive way of treating some serious disorders before birth, UC San Francisco scientists have found that delivering medicine through amniotic fluid is as effective as delivering it to the fetal brain via cerebrospinal fluid. The experiment was done in mice with a genetic disorder called Angelman syndrome.

Source: ScienceDaily.com