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Understanding ALS

October 23, 2019 Alexandria Bland,  ALS,  Healthcare,  Neurology

In 2014, millions of Americans participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which helped to raise awareness for the disease. Five years later, researchers are

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From The Labs

Image of the Month: Art meets science to visualize the fruit fly’s brain

April 2, 2019 ALS,  autophagy,  fruit fly,  Lou Gehrig's disease,  lysosomes,  proteasome,  rare disease,  reseach,  ubiquilin

Studying the brain of the fruit fly helps understand the human brain, both in health and disease.       Working in the lab of

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Understanding the cell waste disposal problems in Lou Gehrig’s disease

March 12, 2019 ALS,  Alzheimer's Disease,  autophagy,  Drosophila,  fruit fly,  Lou Gehrig's disease,  lysosomes,  proteasome,  Research,  ubiquilin

Building up cellular waste is bad news for cells, and particularly for neurons. Such excessive build up can lead to neurological conditions, as is the

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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