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Neuron

Gene discovery indicates motor neurone diseases caused by abnormal lipid processing in cells

20 Jun 2022

A new genetic discovery adds weight to a theory that motor neurone degenerative diseases are caused by abnormal lipid (fat) processing pathways...

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Mini brain organoids showing cortical-like structures

Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ hint at treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

21 Oct 2021

Cambridge researchers have developed ‘mini brains’ that allow them to study a fatal and untreatable neurological disorder causing paralysis and...

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Nerve cells

Mechanism behind neuron death in motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia discovered

20 Apr 2018

Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that leads to the death of neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or motor...

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Jello Cubes

Breaking the mould: Untangling the jelly-like properties of diseased proteins

29 Oct 2015

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified a new property of essential proteins which, when it malfunctions, can cause the build up...

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Marking Parkinson's

Physical sciences illuminate neurodegenerative diseases

28 May 2012

What do physicists, chemists, mathematicians and biologists have in common? One of the answers at Cambridge is a shared interest in unravelling the...

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