OHSU researchers now can predict severity of a rare genetic disease in children
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A team of researchers at OHSU has developed a framework to better evaluate the different types of UBA5 mutations, which cause a rare, deadly neurodegenerative disease in children. From left: Kofi Asare-Konadu, research assistant; Ruth Napier, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at OHSU School of Medicine; Jonathan Pruneda, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at OHSU School of Medicine; and Nick Alvarez, research assistant. (OHSU)