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Gene therapy for motor neuron disease

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Adenoviral transfer of NT-3 and CNTF genes provides therapeutic benefit to mice with motor neuron disease (pages 429–436).

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Sendtner, M. Gene therapy for motor neuron disease. Nat Med 3, 380–381 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0497-380

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