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Spinal muscular atrophy is the most common genetic killer of infants. A therapy shows promise in the clinic, but there is a potential limit to its efficacy. In this issue of Neuron, d’Ydewalle et al. (2017) devise a new way to make it more effective.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder. Functional interactions between some PD genes, like PINK1 and parkin, have been identified, but whether other ones interact remains elusive. Here we report an unexpected genetic interaction between two PD genes, VPS35 and EIF4G1. We provide evidence that EIF4G1 upregulation causes defects associated with protein misfolding. Expression...
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