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Neurosciences
Topics
- Ataxia Telangiectasia
- Macular Degeneration
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE)
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Dystonia
- Neuroblastoma
- Neurofibromatosis
- Batten Disease
- Epilepsy
- Huntington's Disease
- Parkinson's Disease
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How to Feast for Your Eyes
Emily Chew has a vision to reduce the risk of eye disease by filling gaps in nutrition.
The Mind’s Map Maker
Yi Gu is on a journey to find out how the brain learns the lay of the land.
Plastic Brains
Jerrel Yakel studies the neural circuits that underlie learning and memory.
Found in Translation
Bibiana Bielekova takes her work from the bench to the bedside and back again to discover a cure for multiple sclerosis.
One Gene, Three Disorders, and No Cures
Karen Usdin investigates how multiple copies of a short DNA repeat give rise to the Fragile X-related disorders.
Spell-Checking DNA
Thomas Kunkel inspects DNA replication fidelity for underpinnings of health and disease.
An Eye to a Cure
Anand Swaroop aims to treat retinal diseases with cell-based therapies.