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A Special Place to Address Rare Diseases

The Journey from Molecule to Medicine – A Photo Tour Click on the arrows to see the path a discovery takes toward becoming a potential treatment. Image Gallery Chemist Matthew Disney’s group develops new ways to find medicines that act on disease-causing RNA.… Louis Scampavia, Ph.D., and Timothy Spicer, Ph.D.,…

Understanding Memory Loss: One Scientist’s Quest to Heal Aging Brains

Memory depends on a symphony of crucial molecules, each playing their part in harmony. Neuroscientist Sathya Puthanveettil, Ph.D., studies how this harmony can change brain connections during learning to create and keep memories. His findings could eventually lead to treatments to improve memory function. Driving the News: When the…

New $7.7 Million Grant to Propel Search for Medications for Brain Disorders

Children born with a damaged gene needed for healthy brain development, SYNGAP1, experience seizures, sensory processing disorders, difficulty speaking, intellectual disability, and autism-like behaviors. It’s a condition without any treatments, one that’s hard both on parents and children, said Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at The Herbert Wertheim…