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When protein regulators go awry, neurological disease may follow

April 19, 2018April 27, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Alzheimer's Disease, Ataxin1, Mouse models, neurological disease, PUMILIO1, Research, SCA1

Scientists are expanding their horizons in their search for disease-causing genes. Consider for instance a neurological condition called spinocerebellar ataxia

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Mouse blood vessels and immune system can team up against cancer metastasis

May 19, 2017 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments angiogenesis, anti-blood vessel therapy, Breast Cancer, Breast cancer microenvironment, immunotherapy, Mouse models, T cells, vessel normalization

Picture a shapeless, small mass of tumor cells inside an otherwise healthy organ. The tumor is growing, thanks, among other

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Of mice, men and proteasomes; OTUD6B variant causes intellectual and physical disability

May 3, 2017 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments developmental disorders, Human genetics, intellectual disabilities, Mouse models, OTUD6B, physical disabilities, proteasome, whole exome sequencing

One of Dr. Magdalena Walkiewicz’s patients had not received a genetic diagnosis for his condition that included a number of

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From mouse model to human; serendipity leads to human genetic diagnosis

April 24, 2017 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments ATXN1-CIC, Autism, developmental delay, epilepsy, hyperactivity, intellectual disabilitis, Mouse models, Neuroscience

When Dr. Huda Zoghbi and her colleagues were investigating the role protein complex ATXN1-CIC plays in the normal development of the