April 2008

From Auburn University Research News:

AU researchers work with consortium to find a cure for Tay-Sachs disease

by Heather Finch

Auburn University researchers in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Scott-Ritchey Research Center have joined researchers from Boston College, the University of Cambridge (UK) and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School to find a cure for Tay-Sachs disease.

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February 14, 2008

From The Boston College Chronicle:

BC Researchers Aid Effort to End Tay-Sachs Disease

by Ed Hayward

Researchers from Boston College, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge University (UK) and Auburn University have formed the Tay-Sachs Gene Therapy Consortium, with a goal of advancing to human clinical trials a unique gene therapy with the potential to halt the fatal genetic disorder.

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