Life Technologies AG Release: Scientists Discover Causative Genetic Mutation Associated with Common Inherited Neurological Disorder
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scientists using advanced genomic analysis technologies from Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) have sequenced an individual’s genome and identified the specific causative mutation associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT), one of the most common inherited neurological disorders currently affecting 1 in 2,500 individuals in the United States.