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DEFECTIVE GENE PLAYS A ROLE IN RARE LYSOSOME DISEASE

A lysosomal storage disorder, mucolipidosis type II causes edema of the internal organs and skeletal dysplasia. Children diagnosed with the genetic disease often die before they reach age seven. Now, researchers have identified a new gene implicated in the disease, TMEM251, which is necessary for lysosomes to function correctly. Lysosomes are organelles within all cells...