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Baby Steps for Gene Therapy Fatal Infant Disease Cured in Mice
March 2, 2010
Is anyone, parent or physician, brave enough to allow gene therapy in newborn babies The answer may come sooner than we think...


One Dose Versus Slow Drip—It Matters for BDNF
February 26, 2010
Researchers report that immediate versus gradual application of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has dramatically different results for cultured neurons...


NIH Grant Funds Study on Stem Cells from ALS Patients
February 22, 2010
Hopkins received a two-year $3.7 million NIH Grand Opportunities grant (a grant program created as part of the ARRA stimulus package). The program will create and provide the first national biomaterials resource of human ALS cells.


Research Brief: Blood Flow Parallels Disease Severity in ALS
February 19, 2010
The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative has provided AD researchers with reams of data; could imaging do the same for those studying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...


Genetics of FTD: New Gene, PGRN Variety, and a Bit of FUS
February 17, 2010
The genetics of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) just got more interesting...






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