UW News
Martin Childers
January 22, 2014
Gene therapy leads to robust improvements in animal model of fatal muscle disease
![Childers and Bella](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/01/04185703/Martin-K.-Childers-and-Bella-150x150.jpg)
The experimental treatment restored muscle function and prolonged lives in animals with a condition similar to X-linked myotubular myopathy in children