Genetic ‘episignatures’ guide researchers in identifying causes of unsolved epileptic neurological disorders (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Genetic ‘episignatures’ guide researchers in identifying causes of unsolved epileptic neurological disorders

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Christy LaFlamme, St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (left) and Heather Mefford, PhD, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology (right), validated the use of DNA methylation patterns to help identify unsolved and rare cases of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies.

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