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Written by Dr. Maria do Carmo Costa, Edited by Dr. Hayley McLoughlin Collaboration between researchers in Portugal and the United Kingdom discover that a canola oil by-product shows promise, corrects MJD/SCA3 and Parkinson’s Disease symptoms in animal models. Isolated compounds or extracts (containing a mixture of compounds) from certain plants are Read More…
O que é C. elegans? Se você leu o título deste artigo e não fazia ideia do que é Caenorhabditis elegans, você não está sozinho! Caenorhabditis elegans, mais comumente conhecido como C. elegans, são vermes microscópicos que normalmente crescem até 1 mm de comprimento. C. elegans são naturalmente encontrados em Read More…
Escrito por Dr. Marija Cvetanovic, Editado por Dr. Sriram Jayabal, Traduzido para Português por Guilherme Santos, Publicado inicialmente em: 20 de março de 2020. Grupo de pesquisa em Michigan relata a criação do primeiro modelo de célula humana aprovado pelo NIH que reflete as características da doença SCA3 – defeitos Read More…
Écrit par Dr Sriram Jayabal, Édité par Dr David Bushart, Traduction française par: L’Association Alatax, Publication initiale: 20 décembre 2019 Les déficits de mouvement oculaire se produisent de manière omniprésente dans les ataxies spinocérébelleuses, même aux premiers stades de la maladie, soulignant leur importance clinique. Imaginez les différents mouvements moteurs Read More…
What are C. elegans? If you read the title of this article and had no idea what Caenorhabditis elegans are, you are not alone! Caenorhabditis elegans, more commonly known as C. elegans, are microscopic worms that typically grow up to 1 mm in length. C. elegans are naturally found worldwide Read More…
Written by Frida Niss Edited by Dr. Hayley McLoughlin One drug to treat them all: an approach using RNA interference to selectively lower the amount of mutant protein in all polyglutamine diseases. Work by a group in Poland shows initial success in Huntington’s Disease, DRPLA, SCA3/MJD, and SCA7 patient cells. Read More…
Written by Dr. Marija Cvetanovic Edited by Dr. Sriram Jayabal Research group in Michigan report the creation of the first NIH-approved human cell model that mirrors SCA3 disease features – cellular defects that, after gene therapy, show improvement Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a dominantly-inherited, late onset genetic disease Read More…
Écrit par Dr. Ambika Tewari, Edité par Dr. Mónica Bañez-Coronel, Traduction française par: L’Association Alatax, Publication initiale: 22 novembre 2019 Des mutations dans la protéine huntingtine altèrent la réparation de l’ADN, causant des dommages importants à l’ADN et une expression génétique modifiée. Notre génome regroupe l’intégralité de notre matériel génétique, qui Read More…
Écrit par Dr David Bushart, Édité par Dr Hayley McLoughlin, Traduction française par: L’Association Alatax, Publication initiale: 3 janvier 2020 Une stratégie de traitement nouvellement proposée pourrait être efficace contre plusieurs formes d’ataxie spinocérébelleuse et d’autres troubles associés aux répétitions CAG. Lors de la réception d’un diagnostic initial d’ataxie spinocérébelleuse Read More…
Written by Dr. David Bushart Edited by Dr. Sriram Jayabal How can employment be made more accessible for ataxia patients? What barriers exist? A study of workers and non-workers with ataxia analyzes the benefit of employment, as well as how to reduce risk of injury. A job can often become Read More…
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