ALS: cellular stressors and basic activity wake up the sick gene
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) frequently have a string of repeated DNA code in brain neurons, carrying hundreds to thousands of copies within…
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Tag: neurodegeneration
PSP: being orphan for drugs, the tracer at least marks for discrimination
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Wanna fight neurodegeneration? SUMO is not the right style
Studying the fundamental aspects of biology can sometimes lead to unexpected findings that directly relate to human disease. In one of the latest examples…
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CMT syndrome: the mechanism beneath that keeps “hands and feet” tied
About 1 in 2,500 people have a degenerative nerve disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT). The disease is typically diagnosed in children, who may lose their…
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Spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are two devastating neurological conditions with the common pathological sign of motor neuron degeneration, which eventually leads…
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Pesticides and neurological diseases: evidences keep piling up
There have always been doubts about the impact of phytochemicals on both food quality and consumer health. The reasons lie not only in the…
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