European Award in Human Genetics 1998 – VII Edition – Prof Jean-Louis Mandel
J.L. Mandel has discovered the trinucleotide genetic expansion, a real innovative mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases; has conducted studies on the X chromosome on which the genes of numerous diseases are found, including Adrenoleukodystrophy, X Fragile Syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy and many others.
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