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Suresh Dheerendra, MS
… Suresh was a Clinical Program Director at Genentech leading multiple programs from entry into the clinic to late-stage …
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Ask the MD: Music as Medicine for the Mind
September 25, 2015
… the relationship of objects in space). While playing music, multiple different areas of the brain are activated and in … Playing music is a complicated undertaking that engages multiple areas of the brain simultaneously. In essence, it’s … sounds requires: fine motor movements and an intact sensory system to manipulate an instrument, immediate processing of …
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Development of Novel Brain-penetrant Inflammasome Inhibitors as Potential Therapeutics for Parkinson’s Disease
… Study Rationale: The immune system displays an aberrant pattern of activity in the central nervous system of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD); this pattern … Although short-term activation of the immune system can be beneficial in fighting infections or healing …
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Xiaolu Yang, PhD
… and his lab discovered a new protein quality control (PQC) system in animal cells. This system is highly effective in suppressing protein misfolding … and is mechanistically distinct from canonical PQC systems. A main research focus of his lab now is to …
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Toshiya Nishi, DVM
… During his career as a pharmacologist, Dr. Nishi has led multiple drug discovery programs in diverse therapeutic …
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Ryan Schubert, MD
… the targets and triggers of neuroinflammatory diseases like multiple sclerosis and acute flaccid myelitis. Ryan is …