[Pounds]1.6m Grant Will Help Plight of 'Butterfly Children'

The HeraldMay 13, 2005

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SCIENTISTS have received [pounds]1.6m towards research into treatment for an incurable genetic skin condition.

The charity DebRA has awarded Dundee University professors Irwin McLean and Birgit Lane the money for a five-year study of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) , a rare genetic condition in which the skin and body linings blister at the slightest knock or rub, causing painful, open wounds.

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[Pounds]1.6m Grant Will Help Plight of 'Butterfly Children'

Sufferers are often known as "butterfly children" because their s...

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