Rhes protein key in spread of Huntington’s disease in the brain
March 23, 2022
Pathogenic proteins help spread many neurodegenerative diseases. How they move between brain cells is often shrouded in mystery. But scientists at Scripps…
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March 23, 2022
Pathogenic proteins help spread many neurodegenerative diseases. How they move between brain cells is often shrouded in mystery. But scientists at Scripps…
UF Health
December 5, 2018
In the human nervous system, proteins, RNA and other cellular material need a free-flowing molecular highway. But when a “traffic jam” develops, the…
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, +4 more
January 17, 2018
2017 was a tremendous year of continued growth and progress for UF Health. In this “year-in-review” issue of OTSP, we highlight achievements in each of the…
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October 19, 2017
In patients with myotonic dystrophy and related genetic diseases, abnormally long, repetitive DNA sequences lead to a host of problems in the muscle, heart and…
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, +3 more
November 19, 2015
University of Florida Health researchers have made a new discovery about Huntington’s disease, showing that the gene that causes the fatal disorder makes an…
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, +2 more
May 11, 2015
As an introduction to this newsletter, please check out a video created by Eric Wang, Ph.D., who is joining UF as an assistant professor of molecular genetics…
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, +3 more