Featured speaker: Arthur Burghes, Ph.D., affiliated professor, molecular & cellular biochemistry; professor,biological chemistry and pharmacology, College of Medicine and College of Arts & Sciences, The Ohio State University

Research has generated three therapies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) that clearly work, and this talk highlights how it was done. Now we need to know how these therapies can be improved and how reduced levels of survival motor neuron protein (SMN) give rise to this disease. In this regard, suppressor screens can be used to obtain SMN independent therapies and understand the critical function of SMN in SMA.

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About the Discovery Series:
The NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series provides learning opportunities for UM System faculty and staff across disciplines, the statewide community and our other partners to learn about the scope of precision health research and identify potential collaborative opportunities. The series consists of monthly lectures geared toward a broad multidisciplinary audience so all can participate and appreciate the spectrum of precision health efforts.