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Immunofluorescence is a common laboratory technique used to see proteins in a sample through microscopy. It relies on attaching a fluorophore, a chemical compound that can release light of a certain colour, to an antibody that can recognize a specific protein of interest. Immunofluorescence is an important tool for studying Read More…
Principal Investigator: Vikram Shakkottai, MD, PhD Location: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA Year Founded: 2010 What disease areas do you research? SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA6 SCA7 What models and techniques do you use? Mouse Models Microscopy Patch-clamp electrophysiology In vivo electrophysiology Next-generation sequencing approaches (RNA-seq) Research Focus What is your Read More…
Escrito por Dr. Lauren R. Moore Editado por Dr.Larissa Nitschke. Inicialmente publicado em 5 de julho de 2019. Traduzido para o português por Ana Carolina Martins. A creatina, um suplemento alimentar comum tomado por atletas, atrasa sintomas e melhora o equilíbrio e força em camundongos com SCA3. Poderia um suplemento Read More…
Most things about you are written in your genes: from the colour of your eyes, whether you are lactose intolerant, to if you have a higher chance of getting certain diseases. You may have heard of the popular ancestry DNA testing service that tells if you are part Chinese, part Read More…
Terapia genética significa utilizar ácidos nucleicos para tratar uma desordem genética. Esses ácidos nucleicos podem ser desenhados em uma variedade de formas para alcançar um mesmo propósito terapêutico. Ferramentas de terapia genética podem ser utilizadas para corrigir um gene mutante através de uma das três formas: Expressão de uma cópia saudável Read More…
Written by Dr. Hannah K Shorrock Edited by Dr. Hayley McLoughlin A C. elegans model of SCA3 helps to identify the serotonin receptor agonist befiradol as a potential therapeutic for SCA3 To move toward treatments for ataxia patients, it is important to understand what cellular and molecular pathways are dysfunctional Read More…
The SCAsource team is excited to announce that we are partnering with the National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) to improve our website infrastructure! As you know, SCAsource is run by a team of volunteers, mainly graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from ataxia research labs. We’re researchers, not web designers, but we’ve Read More…
Written by Carrie Sheeler Edited by Dr. Hayley McLoughlin Researchers use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to determine if brain volume can be a biomarker for SCA3 There are two goals of preclinical research. First, to understand the cause of a disease. Second, to develop treatments to stop or slow its Read More…
Escrito por Dr. Maria do Carmo Costa, editado por Dr. Hayley McLoughlin. Inicialmente publicado em 24 de abril de 2020. Traduzido para o português por Priscila P. Sena. Em um trabalho de colaboração utilizando modelo animal, pesquisadores de Portugal e do Reino Unido descobrem um subproduto do óleo de canola Read More…
Written by Dr. Marija Cvetanovic Edited by Dr. Larissa Nitschke Elsaey and colleagues develop a new animal model of SCA1 using zebrafish. These SCA1-fish can help researchers learn more about what happens to neurons as disease progresses. Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 is dominantly inherited spinocerebellar ataxia caused by the lengthening Read More…
