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Interestingly, although the mice carrying the mutation did not display outward physical symptoms, their nerve cells showed the same internal cellular defects seen in the patients' cells.

The center had been diagnosed with a genetic defect in 2006 that led to chronic kidney disease.

This means a single retron "package" can potentially correct many mutations within the same stretch of DNA, rather than targeting one specific defect at a time.

One was to provide arginine supplements to replace what was lost due to the gene defect.

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