Neuroscience
Researchers make a breakthrough in terminal childhood illness
World-leading research from the University of Aberdeen has made a significant breakthrough in understanding a form of childhood motor neuron disease.
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Medical research
Treatment restores some function in animal models of spinal muscular atrophy
In work involving several new generations of mouse model development, Jackson Laboratory (JAX) researchers have tested a therapeutic intervention for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) that restores some function lost due to a ...
Oct 14, 2015
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Medical research
Understudy gene offers hope for spinal muscular atrophy
I began writing about genetics decades ago, and the best thing about getting older is witnessing the development of targeted treatments for single-gene diseases that I never thought would happen. But it is happening, for ...
Oct 1, 2015
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Medical research
Using low-dose irradiation, researchers can now edit human genes
For the first time, researchers have employed a gene-editing technique involving low-dose irradiation to repair patient cells, according to a study published in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine. This method, ...
Jul 22, 2015
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Medical research
New stem cell research uncovers causes of spinal muscular atrophy
New research from the Advanced Gene and Cell Therapy Lab at Royal Holloway, University of London has used pioneering stem cell techniques to better understand why certain cells are more at risk of degenerating in spinal muscular ...
Jul 1, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Upsetting a fragile alliance triggers a deadly childhood disease
Scientists at the University of Malta and the Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (CNRS/Université de Montpellier) have shown that fruit flies and brewer's yeast can reveal clues about the cause of Spinal ...
Jun 29, 2015
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Genetics
Mechanistic insights into spinal muscular atrophy suggest new paths for treatment
Today, a team of researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) sheds new light on the underlying pathology of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare but devastating disease that causes muscle weakness and paralysis ...
Jan 12, 2015
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Genetics
'Deep learning' reveals unexpected genetic roots of cancers, autism and other disorders
In the decade since the genome was sequenced in 2003, scientists and doctors have struggled to answer an all-consuming question: Which DNA mutations cause disease?
Dec 18, 2014
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Medical research
Researcher develops, proves effectiveness of new drug for spinal muscular atrophy
According to recent studies, approximately one out of every 40 individuals in the United States is a carrier of the gene responsible for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a neurodegenerative disease that causes muscles to weaken ...
Sep 15, 2014
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Medical research
Orally delivered compounds selectively modify RNA splicing, prevent deficits in SMA models
Today the journal Science published results of a preclinical study demonstrating that treatment with orally available RNA splicing modifiers of the SMN2 gene starting early after birth is preventing deficits in a mouse model ...
Aug 7, 2014
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