Fatal Protein Interactions and Neurological Diseases

sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)

The new and unique molecular structures they discovered can now be used to model and develop new drugs for these devastating neurological diseases. Their findings will be published in the September 3 issue of Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE on September 4, 2008.

The team, led by Eliezer Masliah, M.D

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Methylating the Mind

Eric wu submitted, created time 11 months 3 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)

All brain cells are the same, genetically speaking. Yet somehow they play vastly different roles, some directing movement, others participating in language or thought. Now, a study finds that a chemical known to turn genes on and off may be partially responsible for this division of labor. The results, researchers suggest, could help scientists better understand psychiatric and neurological diseases.

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