Eight School of Science faculty appointed to named professorships September 22, 2016 … neurological diseases, including epilepsy, autism and Huntington’s disease. Using Drosophila as a model, Littleton …
With sense of humility, responsibility new MIT postdoc begins HHMI fellowship September 12, 2018 … becoming the specific kind of neuron that degenerates in Huntington’s disease, providing a testbed for research …
Bigger than a Building March 10, 2021 … who studied how specific neurons become vulnerable amid Huntington’s disease, has helped to found four companies as a … the halls who would ask me how things were going with my Huntington's mice!” Ba said it felt easy to interact with …
Scientists seek insight into Parkinson’s, addiction by tracking gene expression in the brain January 04, 2021 … might help them resist the disease. In her research on Huntington’s disease, another incurable neurodegenerative …
Summer students thrive in Picower labs August 11, 2021 … for treating the terminal neurodegenerative condition Huntington’s disease was exciting because she wants to learn …
Aging Brain Initiative awards fund 5 new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration April 20, 2022 … neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases, but that has largely been unstudied in …
MIT biologists discover an unusual hallmark of aging in neurons November 27, 2018 … — a site involved in diseases such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s. “The brain is very metabolically active, and …
Alumnus gives MIT $4.5 million to establish the Broderick Fund for Phytocannabinoid Research April 30, 2019 … to look at whether cannabis can have therapeutic value for Huntington’s disease. MIT Institute Professor Ann Graybiel …
Celebrating 20 years of discovery, Picower Institute looks ahead to continuing impact September 28, 2022 … which the integrity of the blood-brain barrier unravels in Huntington’s disease. Because blood-brain barrier …
