News tagged with hereditary spastic paraplegia


Tiny worm sheds light on giant mystery about neurons

Scientists have identified a gene that keeps our nerve fibers from clogging up. Researchers in Ken Miller's laboratory at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) found that the unc-16 gene of the roundworm Caenorhabditis el ...

Genetics created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study offers new clues about hereditary spastic paraplegia

(Medical Xpress) -- New research from Rice University and Italy's Eugenio Medea Scientific Institute is yielding clues about hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), a group of inherited neurological disorders ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast