Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 1–Sumitomo Chemical Co. has found a gene that could lessen the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome, a major Japanese daily reported Sunday.
The major Japanese chemical company is seeking patents on the gene, code-named NXF, in and outside Japan, and hopes to develop medicine based on the gene, the Asahi Shimbun said.
The NXF gene promotes the production of proteins necessary for nerve operation, as opposed to a gene responsible for Down syndrome, which is caused by extra genetic …
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