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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

USP15 could be a target in ovarian cancer scientists have been looking for

May 8, 2018 lysosome,  ovarian cancer,  ovarian steroids,  p53,  p53-R175H,  proteasome,  Research,  steroid receptor coactivator,  USP 15

Ovarian cancer is currently treated with surgery and chemotherapy. Chemotherapy for ovarian cancer is based on drugs that act on any cell that is rapidly

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From The Labs

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

May 3, 2017 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 intellectual and physical disabilities. After

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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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