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From Focus:
Neurons Use Noodle When Motoring
During development, neurons migrate by the millions from the core of the fetal brain to the outer cortex. Their correct positioning is required for normal brain function. Li-Huei Tsai (left), Tianzhi Shu, and their colleagues have used a novel gene-knockdown technique in samples of fetal mouse brain to uncover the crucial role of the protein Ndel1 ("noodle one") in cortical neuron migration. Their work shows that Ndel1 helps activate a cell motor protein and is needed for movement of the nucleus during cell migration. Defects in the process could play a role in diseases like schizophrenia, depression, autism, and adult epilepsy.
Upcoming
World AIDS Day: Challenging the Crisis
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004
Harvard School of Public Health
Multiple presenters
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Spotlight
Children's Opens Research Website
This month, Children's Hospital Boston launched a new website for basic and clinical research. The site gives an overview of the hospital's research enterprise and access to details about areas of research, clinical trials, research administration, and more.
Student Scene
The Cost of Overregulation
Despite the recent call for the FDA to tighten regulations on drugs, Joseph Ladapo says the agency sometimes may be too quick to regulate medical products--at a cost to consumers of stifled innovation and higher prices. The market for home defibrillators is a case in point.
Lab Works
A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.
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