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Researchers find chemical 'switches' for neurodegenerative diseases

By using a model, researchers at the University of Montreal have identified and "switched off" a chemical chain that causes neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and dementia. ...

Neuroscience Nov 27, 2012 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 0 |

New technique catalogs lymphoma-linked genetic variations

(Medical Xpress)—As anyone familiar with the X-Men knows, mutants can be either very good or very bad—or somewhere in between. The same appears true within cancer cells, which may harbor hundreds of mutations that set ...

Cancer Dec 27, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |