News articles tagged with 'ataxia'
Team implicates wayward DNA-repair enzyme in Friedreich's ataxia
— 5 Nov 2010 14:18 | HealthScripps Research Institute scientists have taken a step closer to understanding the cause of Friedreich's ataxia, a debilitating neurological condition that affects tens of thousands…
Mechanism for potential Friedreich's ataxia drug uncovered
— 26 Sep 2009 13:15 | HealthUsing clever chemistry, a Scripps Research team has pinpointed the enzyme target of a drug group that stops the progression of the devastating disease Friedreich's ataxia in mice and…
Scientists shed new light on cause of inherited movement disorder
— 23 Jul 2009 16:07 | HealthUniversity of Utah School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Centre have found strong evidence that abnormal calcium signalling…
'Deranged calcium signalling' contributes to neurological disorder
— 27 Nov 2008 10:38 | HealthDefective calcium metabolism in nerve cells may play a major role in a fatal genetic neurological disorder that resembles Huntington's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical…
Molecular basis for neurodegeneration in Ataxia telangiectasia
— 15 Apr 2008 16:07 | HealthAn upcoming paper from Dr David Wassarman (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) in the 1 May issue of G and D lends new insight into the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration…
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