… lab full-time. In the course of the disease, brain cells die amid runaway aggregation of mutant huntingtin … increasingly they have focused on two components within cells: the lysosomes and the mitochondria. In her research, … will study mechanisms that might enable peripheral immune cells to deliver a potentially therapeutic molecule to the …
… the loss of neural circuit connections and the death of cells themselves. Mice experienced less brain atrophy and … and causes an improved disease response by brain immune cells called microglia, for instance by reducing their … supporting cells, or glia. Discoveries Small Image in Place of Hero Off …
… a mesh throughout the brain. That mesh holds everything in place except the lipids, which can then be extracted. CLARITY … brain with fluorescent molecules that can label different cells. That allows scientists to get a clear picture of …