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Catalog Antibody> | … Fisher Scientific) prior to western blot detection using a LI-COR Odyssey scanner (LI-COR Biotechnology, Lincoln NE). Antibodies used were as follows: IDUA (AF4119, R&D Systems); glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) (A00191, GenScript; conjugated to … | Get A Quote |
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is a severe disease due to deficiency of the lysosomal hydrolase α-L-iduronidase (IDUA) and the subsequent accumulation of the glycosaminoglycans (GAG), leading to progressive, systemic disease and a shortened lifespan. Current treatment options consist of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which carries significant mortality and morbidity risk, and enzyme replacement therapy, which requires lifelong infusions of replacement enzyme; neither provides adequate therapy, even in combination. A novel in vivo genome-editing approach is described in the murine model of Hurler syndrome. A corrective copy of the IDUA gene is inserted at the albumin locus in hepato... More