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New Mouse Reference Library Should Speed Gene Discoveries

Genetic information provided by a large group of specially designed mice could pave the way to faster human health discoveries and transform the ways people battle and prevent disease.

In 15 papers published Feb. 16 in the Genetics Society of America journals Genetics and G3:Genes/Genomes/Genetics, researchers from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Jackson Laboratory and other universities and labs across the globe highlight a new genetic resource that could aid development of more effective treatments for any number of human diseases. (more…)

MU Researchers Find New Insight into Fatal Spinal Disease

By Guest PostOctober 2, 2011Health, Scienceamyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cells, degeneration of skeletal muscles, duchenne muscular dystrophy, dysfunctions of the synapses, global neurofilament alterations, human disease, jeffrey m dale, michael garcia, motor neurons, protein deficiency, sma, spinal muscular atrophy, system, treatments for muscular dystrophy, university of missouri, virginia garcia

*Discovery could lead to treatments for muscular dystrophy and ALS*

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Researchers at the University of Missouri have identified a communication breakdown between nerves and muscles in mice that may provide new insight into the debilitating and fatal human disease known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

“Critical communication occurs at the point where nerves and muscles ‘talk’ to each other. When this communication between nerves and muscles is disrupted, muscles do not work properly,” said Michael Garcia, associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Science and the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center. “In this study, we found that delivery of ‘the words’ a nerve uses to communicate with muscles was disrupted before they arrived at the nerve ending.” (more…)

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New Mouse Reference Library Should Speed Gene Discoveries

MU Researchers Find New Insight into Fatal Spinal Disease