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PSD-95 inhibition identified as therapeutic target for MEF2C haploinsufficiency

New preclinical research demonstrates that inhibiting PSD-95, a protein central to neuronal communication, can reduce seizure activity and rescue cognitive deficits in mouse models of MEF2C haploinsufficiency. A protein involved in neural signalling could offer a potential therapeutic target for neurological disorders linked to the loss of the autism-associated gene…

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Cornea-on-a-chip offers new way to study a blinding eye disease

Reposted from the College of Engineering. A new grant from the National Institutes of Health will accelerate University of Utah research using biomedical chip technology to better understand keratoconus, a potentially blinding disease that causes the eye’s cornea to thin and bulge. The four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National…

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