This Week in Science: Jun 30, 2017

Jun 30, 2017

In this week's Science Translational Medicine, an international research team reports the identification of two proteins that may help treat muscular dystrophy. Nearly half of all cases of the disease are caused by mutations in the LAMA2 gene, but gene replacement therapies have been ineffective for these cases because of the amount of proteins required to restore muscle functionality.

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