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From The Labs

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: Snapshot of eye development in the fruit fly

November 1, 2018 congenital bilateral cataracts,  DNMBP,  Drosophila,  fruit fly,  Research

In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Hugo Bellen and his colleagues work with the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system

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The humble fruit fly continues to boost biomedical discovery

April 5, 2018 animal models,  CRIMIC,  CRISPR-Mediated Integrated Cassette,  Drosophila,  fruit fly,  genetic diseases,  Research

For more than 100 years, the humble fruit fly has been used to understand fundamental biological processes and has been a crucial tool for rapid

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Image of the Month: Neuron-muscle synapses in the fruit fly

January 4, 2017 ATAD3A,  Drosophila,  fruit fly,  Genetics,  heart conditions,  low muscular tone,  neurological syndromes,  Neuroscience

Certain human gene variants of ATAD3A can cause rare neurological syndromes characterized by global developmental delay, low muscular tone and visual, neurological and heart problems. 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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