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Perhaps a wee bit of sugar would help

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A new genetic disorder might be treatable through consumption of a simple sugar, but the relative contributions of endogenous and dietary sources are mostly unknown. It's time to change that.

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Figure 1: Sialic acid metabolism.

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  1. Hudson H. Freeze is at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.,

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Freeze, H. Perhaps a wee bit of sugar would help. Nat Genet 48, 705–707 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3600

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