Reporting in Nature Medicine on November 15, investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at CFRI and the University of California, San Diego also found that excessive extrasynaptic activity enhances the misfolded proteins’ deadly effects.
New DNA “clock” could help measure development in young children
Scientists have developed a molecular “clock” that could reshape how pediatricians measure and monitor childhood growth and potentially allow for an earlier diagnosis of life-altering development disorders. The research, published this week in PNAS, describes how the addition of chemical tags to DNA over time can potentially be used to screen for developmental differences and health problems in children.
