Barry Byrne
Dr. Barry Byrne, director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center at the University of Florida, led a research team that discovered a previously unknown “brain” connection in what has always been thought of as a “muscle” disease. The finding may lead to an effective treatment for Pompe disease, a genetic disorder that claims the lives of most children who have it before they reach age 2.
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