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Inflammation may drive Dravet syndrome, offering a potential new treatment target

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Weill Cornell Medical College
Inflammation may drive Dravet syndrome, offering a potential new treatment target
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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have identified that an overactive immune response, specifically the cGAS-STING-interferon pathway, may drive Dravet syndrome. This discovery suggests that targeting inflammation could provide a new therapeutic approach for this severe form of childhood epilepsy.

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