#92: Nerve University, Installment #4
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Education, Research and Scholarship in Neurology
Hear these reports and discussions:
- Gene Variants May Confer Sporadic ALS Susceptibility
- Sago Palm As A Cause Of ALS (likely involves glutamate neurotoxicity). Might other toxins be involved in causing ALS too (depending on genetic susceptibility)?
- Military Veterans Have Almost 60% Greater Chance Of Getting ALS Than The General Population.
- Hereditary ALS Linked To Low Electrical Charges In The Cells - resulting in clumping of SOD enzyme.
- Genetic Cause Discovered For Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Schizophrenia Risk Genes Affect Even Healthy Individuals
- Einstein Researchers Used Novel Approach to Uncover Genetic Components of Aging
- A New Brake On Cellular Energy Production Has Been Discovered
- PINK1 Gene Protects from Parkinson Disease
- Parkinson’s Protein’ – ‘Parkin’ - Protects Neurons From Oxidative Stress-Induced Cell Death By Activating Specific Survival Mechanisms
- Nobel Prize In Physiology And Medicine For 2007 Awarded To Doctors Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans And Oliver Smithies For Their Work On Gene Modification (In Mice).
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