by | Oct 22, 2019 | Apte, Rajendra
— Technology Description
Researchers in Prof. Rajendra Apte’s laboratory developed novel methods for treating macular degeneration and other eye diseases by targeting a cholesterol transport pathway involved in the formation of new blood vessels. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a lea…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Corbo, Joseph, Enright, Jennifer, Toomey, Matthew
— Optogenetics is one of the most important technological breakthroughs in neuroscience during the past decade, and holds tremendous promise for dissecting the mechanisms of neurologic disease and for treating a range of disorders. Optogenetic actuators are ion channels or pumps that can be regulated …
by | Mar 10, 2018 | DiAntonio, Aaron, Milbrandt, Jeffrey, Miller, Bradley, Press, Craig
— Background: Axonal degeneration is a feature commonly associated with many neuropathological conditions including response to injury, exposure to neurotoxins, hereditary neuropathies, glaucoma, and neurodegenerative diseases. The degenerative process is active when neuronal insults trigger a self-de…