Medical research
Researchers sniff out potential Leigh syndrome treatment
A mouse with dysfunctional mitochondria may hold the key to treating Leigh syndrome in humans.
Jul 18, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Organoids reveal similarities between myotonic dystrophy type 1 and Rett syndrome
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy, characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness and caused by abnormally repetitive DNA segments that are transcribed into toxic molecules ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Genetics
Researchers validate five new genes responsible for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Barrow Neurological Institute researchers have completed additional experiments that validate the identification of five new genes linked to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The new ...
Dec 1, 2017
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Medical research
Proteins with mutations in 'prion-like' segments considered candidates for inherited forms of ALS
A multi-institution group of researchers has found new candidate disease proteins for neurodegenerative disorders. James Shorter, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Perelman School of Medicine, ...
Mar 3, 2013
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Neuroscience
New toxic pathway identified for protein aggregates in neurodegenerative disease
Led by professor Ludo Van Den Bosch (VIB-KU Leuven), scientists from Belgium, the UK and the US have identified new processes that form protein "clumps" that are characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal ...
Mar 17, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Potential drug target for difficult-to-treat breast cancer: RNA-binding proteins
In cancer research, it's a common goal to find something about cancer cells—some sort of molecule—that drives their ability to survive, and determine if that molecule could be inhibited with a drug, halting tumor growth. ...
Jul 2, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Leukemia study reveals role of RNA binding protein in driving cancer
A study of gene expression in leukemia cells has identified an RNA binding protein that plays an important role in driving the development of cancer. The protein is normally active in fetal tissue and switched off in adults, ...
Mar 14, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers create viruses to selectively attack tumor cells
Scientists at the IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute and at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) led a study in which they designed a new strategy to get genetically modified viruses to selectively ...
Mar 16, 2017
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Immunology
Possible treatment targets found for pre-malignant bone marrow disorders
Cincinnati Children's researchers report in Nature Immunology a new mechanism that controls blood cell function and several possible molecular targets for treating myelodysplasia syndromes (MDS) - a group of pre-malignant ...
Dec 29, 2016
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Medical research
Researchers discover a protein that triggers inflammatory responses in hemorrhage and sepsis
Investigators at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered a protein in the human body that can trigger and mediate inflammation in patients suffering from hemorrhage and sepsis. The findings were published ...
Oct 6, 2013
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