ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The potential of exosomes for the diagnosis and treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Galkin II1,2, Egorova TV1,3
About authors

1 Marlin Biotech LLC, Moscow, Russia

2 Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow, Russia

3 Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Tatiana V. Egorova
Vavilova 34/5, Moscow, 119334; moc.hcetoibnilram@aveirtimid.t

About paper

Author contribution: Galkin II, Egorova TV — literature analysis and manuscript preparation.

Received: 2019-07-21 Accepted: 2019-08-05 Published online: 2019-08-12
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