FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·June 7, 2012·3 min readResearchers Identify Gene that Promotes Axon DestructionFindings could have broad therapeutic potential for many neurodegenerative diseases. Degeneration of the axon and synapse, the slender projection through...Read More
Neurology·April 3, 2012·3 min readFormer Professional Baseball Pitcher Now Keeps His Strike Zone in ProteinsPerhaps no other biochemist in the world has his own baseball card, but University of Massachusetts Amherst doctoral student Elih...Read More
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FeaturedNeurology·March 15, 2012·3 min readStem Cells Hint at Potential Treatment for Huntington’s DiseaseHuntington’s disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition...Read More
Neurology·June 24, 2011·2 min readLithium Profoundly Prevents Brain Damage Associated with Parkinson’s DiseaseBuck Institute research in mice moves into preclinical stage; working toward human trials Lithium profoundly prevents the aggregation of toxic...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 18, 2011·3 min readNeutrons Provide First Sub-nanoscale Snapshots of Huntington’s Disease ProteinEnergy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee have for the first time successfully characterized the earliest structural...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·March 17, 2011·4 min readSimilarities Between Plant Reproduction and Animal Nervous SystemsResearch using tobacco plants and Arabidopsis Thaliana weeds has answered long standing mysteries about sexual reproduction in plants. The research...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 20, 2011·2 min readAmyloid Fiber Mystery Unraveling – First Reaction PinpointedScientists discovered the reaction which starts the formation of amyloid fibers. Amyloid fibers are problematic in many diseases and disorders...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 19, 2011·4 min readMicroRNA-29 Makes Brain Cells Resist Programmed Cell DeathNeuroscientists found that the specific microRNA, microRNA-29 (miR-29), can make brain cells resistant to programmed cell death. The researchers injected...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 18, 2011·2 min readProtein Misfolding and Aggregation Roles in Neurodegenerative DiseasesMax Planck researchers discovered that large, less hydrophobic proteins with a significant increase of disorder in their structures were more...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·January 10, 2011·2 min readGene Translation Targeted in Huntington’s Disease ResearchHuntington’s disease research using simple organisms such as baker’s yeast has yielded new information about underlying mechanisms of Huntington’s disease...Read More
