How does leriglitazone help with FA?

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How does leriglitazone help with FA?

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An experimental therapy not yet approved for Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), leriglitazone is designed to increase cellular energy production, which is deficient in FA, thereby easing symptoms of the disease.

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Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Lindsey earned her PhD in neuroscience from Emory University in Atlanta, where she studied novel therapeutic strategies for treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy. She was awarded a fellowship from the American Epilepsy Society in 2019 for this research. Lindsey also previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher, studying the role of inflammation in epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.

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