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Kara M. Place

Cornell University

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Expression of the naked mole-rat transgene for Has2 improved health span in C57Bl/6 mice, but it did not attenuate age-related hearing loss.

Connor E. Owens, Aiden J. Borruso, Kara M. Place, Andrei Seluanov, Vera A. Gorbunova, Patricia M. White, Ned J. Place

This study expresses a naked mole-rat HA synthase 2 transgene in mice, finding improved healthspan but no reduction in age-related hearing loss.

bioRxiv · Jul 27, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

A mutation-independent approach via transcriptional upregulation of a disease modifier gene rescues muscular dystrophy in vivo.

Dwi U. Kemaladewi, Prabhpreet S. Bassi, Steven Erwood, Dhekra Al-Basha, Kinga I. Gawlik, Kyle Lindsay, Elzbieta Hyatt, Rebekah Kember, Kara M. Place, Ryan M. Marks, Madeleine Durbeej, Steven A. Prescott, Evgueni A. Ivakine, Ronald D. Cohn

This paper demonstrates that upregulating a disease modifier gene using CRISPR/dCas9 can rescue muscular dystrophy in mice, showing that muscle fibrosis may be reversible.

Nature · Jul 24, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics