Canadian biologists revealed that they have developed a new medical enzyme through genetically engineered corn that could be used to reduce the cost of treating a life-threatening inherited disease.
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This is a so-called lysosomal storage disorder, in which sugary debris builds up in cells, damaging tissue in the heart, eyes, skeleton and brain.
Without replacement enzymes, sufferers of MPS 1 often die in childhood.
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In the recent years ‘epigenetics’ represents inheritable changes in gene expression that do not include DNA alterations.
In the recent years ‘epigenetics’ represents inheritable changes in gene expression that do not include DNA alterations.
The existing drug for MPS 1, laronidase (marketed as Aldurazyme) costs around $300,000 annually for children and $1 million for adults.
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The results amount to "proof of concept" for making the enzyme in laboratory conditions, the team say.
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Severe MPS I occurs in approximately in one in 100,000 newborns, according to the website Genetics Home Reference, which is supported by the US health authorities.
A milder form, called attenuated MPS I, occurs in about one in 500,000 births.
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