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Article: Gene therapy project cures dogs of rare disease.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2002
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Byline: Tina Hesman
ST. LOUIS _ Scientists from Washington University and the University of Pennsylvania have used gene therapy in dogs to cure a rare genetic disease that affects multiple body organs.
The researchers, led by Katherine Parker Ponder at Washington University and Mark E. Haskins of the University of Pennsylvania, used gene therapy to treat seven dogs with a disorder known as MPS VII. In humans, the disease is called Sly syndrome _ named for Dr. William Sly, a doctor at St. Louis University who first diagnosed the disease in 1973.
Other researchers have used gene therapy in dogs to target diseases that affect a single body ...