Two of Biochemistry’s professors, Drs. Aleixo Muise and Walter Kahr have discovered a brand new genetic disease through their research at the Hospital for Sick Children.

Their research article is published on Nature Communications.

Their story was also highlighted on the Hospital for Sick Children, CBC The National and CBC News Network, and the Globe and Mail websites:

http://www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Newsroom/Past-News/2017/SickKids-team-identifies-new-disease-solves-medical-mystery.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/new-disease-discovered-1.4054061

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/illness-sick-kids-hospital-genome-1.4053311

http://my.tvey.es/Dq73H

http://my.tvey.es/Pm56H

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