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·April 4, 2023·5 min read

How an Autism Gene Contributes to Infertility

FMR1, a gene mutation that causes Fragile X syndrome is also implicated in premature ovarian failure, resulting in infertility in females. The mutation alters neurons that regulate reproduction in the brain and ovaries.

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·April 4, 2023·4 min read

Dozens of Brain Proteins May Play a Critical Role in Body Weight Regulation

60 unique proteins expressed in the brain may be key to regulating body weight, a new study reveals.

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·April 3, 2023·4 min read

Cold Is Beneficial for Healthy Aging

In models of ALS and Huntington's disease, exposure to cold temperatures actively removes protein clumps, thus preventing protein aggregation.

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·April 2, 2023·4 min read

Keeping Time: Understanding the Master Clock in the Brain

Study reveals a novel molecular pathway that helps to control homeostasis and sleep rhythms in the brain.

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·April 2, 2023·4 min read

A Key Process in How the Brain Consolidates Memories

Researchers have identified a molecular process involved in gene expression in neurons which appears to play a key role in memory consolidation.

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·April 1, 2023·3 min read

A Potential Cause of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Researchers have identified rare genetic variants that may drive age-related macular degeneration. The findings could be key to developing new treatments that could slow the progression of AMD.

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·April 1, 2023·4 min read

Study Supports Amyloid Hypothesis for Alzheimer’s but Suggests Alternative Treatment

A new study provides additional evidence for the "amyloid hypothesis" of Alzheimer's disease, reporting amyloid beta sparks an alliance between two proteins in neurons. This pairing is linked to half of the gene changes associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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·March 30, 2023·3 min read

Genome Analysis Just Got Personal

Researchers are leading the effort to understand the human genome on an individual level, identifying the specific genetic mutations that lead to illness based on the patient's own genome.

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·March 28, 2023·3 min read

Human Aging Is the End-Product of Our Developmental Program

A new study reports aging may not be a result of accumulative damage to the body, but instead is the result of "design" flaws in our DNA that orchestrates the development of single cells into an adult organism.

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·March 24, 2023·5 min read

New Discovery Reveals Sex-Specific Causes of Depression Triggered by Stress Hormones Dysfunction

Men are more likely to have a dysregulated HPA axis that is associated with depressive symptoms, while women have higher levels of binding proteins for stress hormones that may prevent dysregulation of the HPA axis. The findings shed new light on how stress hormones impact dopamine transmission and how this impacts depression on a sex-specific basis.