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People with ALS May Benefit From More Glucose

A new study led by scientists at the UA has uncovered a potential new way to treat patients with ALS, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease.

Increased glucose, transformed into energy, could give people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, improved mobility and a longer life, according to new findings by a University of Arizona-led research team. (more…)

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UA Researchers Pinpoint Pathway to Muscle Paralysis

Researchers have discovered a key player in the molecular process that causes the communication breakdown between nerves in fatal muscle degeneration disease.

Researchers at the University of Arizona have taken an essential step forward in the quest to find the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. In the cells of flies, mice and humans with ALS, scientists at the UA have pinpointed a process that collapses when a critical protein’s blueprint is arrested on its way to protein construction. The study was published recently in the journal Cell Reports. (more…)

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Big Hunt for Small Molecule to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases

Two UA researchers say that finding the ideal molecule could open the door to therapeutic drugs to treat diseases such as ALS.

Late last year, University of Arizona colleagues Daniela Zarnescu and May Khanna sped west on Interstate 8 bound for a brain-research conference in San Diego. Khanna is a biochemist who works with small molecules. Zarnescu is a molecular and cellular biologist who works with flies. (more…)

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Gutes tun im bösen Netz

Im Internet die Welt retten – wenn das mal keine gute Idee ist. Suchmaschinen, die ihre Werbegewinne spenden, machen das jetzt möglich und die Share Economy trägt auch ihren Teil zu einer sozialen und nachhaltigen Welt bei. Oder etwa doch nicht? Außerdem in der Presseschau zu lesen: Die Esten verwalten ihr Land fast vollständig online und die Bundesregierung hat mal wieder ein neues Konzept, in dem der Begriff „digital“ vorkommt.

Video der Woche (more…)

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