Posts by: Patricia Inacio, PhD

Patricia Inacio, PhD

Patricia holds her Ph.D. in Cell Biology from University Nova de Lisboa, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European Agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Laboratory of Doctor David A. Fidock, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York.

August 1, 2017

Using Gene Editing to Suppress Activity of Protein Mutations Could Be Way to Treat Huntington’s, Study Reports

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Researchers used gene editing to suppress the activity of protein mutations in the brains of mice with Huntington’s disease. Suppressing the huntingtin protein alleviated early signs of the disease ... Read more

April 13, 2017

Results of Probiodrug AG Mouse Study to be Presented at HD Therapeutics Conference

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Probiodrug AG recently announced the results of a preclinical study investigating the role of glutaminyl cyclases (QCs) in Huntington’s disease. The results will be presented at the 12th Annual HD ... Read more

July 25, 2016July 25, 2016

Monkey Models Show Human Symptoms of Huntington’s Disease

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Scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University have shown that transgenic monkeys for Huntington’s disease exhibit early emergent symptoms, like humans with the disease, which bolsters the idea that ... Read more

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016

Researchers Decrease Accumulation of Damaging Huntington’s Disease Protein Using New Method in Mice

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A recent study published in the journal Neuron by University of California at Irvine researchers revealed that the protein PIAS1 regulates the accumulation of a mutant protein in Huntington’s disease, and its ... Read more

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016

Depression in Huntington’s Patients Associated With Changes in Brain’s White Matter

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Neuropsychiatric symptoms of depression and irritability or aggression are associated with alterations in the white matter structure of the brains of early-onset Huntington’s disease (HD) patients. These are the results ... Read more

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016

Huntington’s Patients, with Disease and Premanifest, Show Similar Metabolic Profile

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A study with a small cohort of Huntington’s disease patients differed from previous research in finding no metabolic alterations associated with disease progression in stage 2/3 patients compared to both premanifest ... Read more

September 21, 2015September 21, 2015

New Method Allows The Study and Identification of Proteins in Brain Cell–Cell Interactions

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In a new study entitled “Spatial mapping of juxtacrine axo-glial interactions identifies novel molecules in peripheral myelination” a team of scientists reports a new method for capturing and understanding ... Read more

September 9, 2015September 9, 2015

Psychiatric Symptoms May Delay Huntington’s Disease Diagnosis

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In a new study entitled “Delayed identification and diagnosis of Huntington’s disease due to psychiatric symptoms” researchers present a case study of a female patient with 58 years old diagnosed ... Read more

July 31, 2015August 5, 2015

Structure of Parkinson’s Disease Receptors Unveils Dual Role of Current Therapeutics

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In a new study entitled “Allosteric interactions between agonists and antagonists within the adenosine A2A receptor-dopamine D2 receptor heterotetramer” researchers determined the structure of a key receptor underlying neurodegenerative ... Read more

July 29, 2015August 5, 2015

Low-Dose Irradiation Enhances Gene-Editing in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

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In a new study entitled “Low-Dose Irradiation Enhances Gene Targeting in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells” researchers showed that providing low-dose radiation to human pluripotent stem cells can enhance gene-editing, allowing ... Read more