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A neuron’s neighbors

March 14, 2025
… become compromised in the neurodegenerative disorders Huntington’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and ALS. And … all of these diseases, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, and Huntington’s, vascular dysfunction has been noted, so could … Heiman studies neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington’s disease and for years she and her lab had been …

Symposium highlights numerous leads to combat neurodegeneration

September 24, 2020
… potential advances against Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and other diseases neurodegeneration 40Hz … brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, but in essence … treat spinal muscular atrophy and is now being tested for Huntington’s disease and ALS. He added that in some of his …

'Cellf' Expression

December 20, 2023
… system biology and diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s When Biology Assistant Professor Sara Prescott … to use the technique to characterize how cells respond to Huntington’s disease. The findings included that many … in the vascular cells of people with and without Huntington’s disease. They found that an altered innate …

Genome-wide genetic screening in the mammalian brain

… striatum of the mouse brain, a brain region implicated in Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and various … team applied this screen in two different mouse models of Huntington’s disease (in which the huntingtin protein forms … clumps) and compared the results from the screen of the Huntington’s model mice to normal mice. When the shRNA or …

From Brazil to Fenway Park, researcher strives to save lives with science

September 10, 2021
… September 10, 2021 Picower People As a researcher studying Huntington’s disease, and as a science communicator working … Covid-19, Izabella Pena is focused on keeping people safe. Huntington's Disease DEIJ As a researcher studying Huntington’s disease, and as a science communicator working …
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