Month: December 2023

Uncertain Future for Kids Sickened by Fruit Pouches

When Cora Dibert went for a routine blood test in October, the toddler brought along her favorite new snack: a squeeze pouch of WanaBana cinnamon-flavored apple puree. “She sucked them dry,” recalls her 26-year-old mother, Morgan Shurtleff, of Elgin, Oklahoma. Within a week,… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on December 20, 2023

Genetic landscape of Parkinson’s disease and related diseases in Luxembourg

ObjectivesTo explore the genetic architecture of PD in the Luxembourg Parkinson’s Study including cohorts of healthy people and patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonism (AP).Methods809 healthy controls, 680 PD and 103 AP were genotyped using the Neurochip array. We screened and validated rare single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and copy number variants (CNVs) within […]

Published on December 20, 2023

A systematic review for the development of Alzheimer’s disease in in vitro models: a focus on different inducing agents

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common progressive neurodegenerative disease and is associated with dementia. Presently, various chemical and environmental agents are used to induce in-vitro models of Alzheimer disease to investigate the efficacy of different therapeutic drugs. We screened literature from databases such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Google scholar, emphasizing the diverse targeting mechanisms […]

Published on December 20, 2023