Researchers have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study, a team showed that gene ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the ...

Together, the scientists discovered that while Batten disease ravages nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, it also kills neurons that are part of the GI tract’s enteric nervous system.

This type of "somatic expansion" occurs in only the specific types of brain cells that later die in Huntington's disease. Only once a cell's DNA expansion reaches a threshold number of CAGs ...

Given that prior treatment options were limited to a stem cell or liver transplant ... indicated for the treatment of children with Batten disease (or CLN2 disease), this discrepancy was a ...

Also known as Batten disease, CLN2 is a progressive condition ... abnormal storage of proteins and lipids in neurons and other cells, preventing them from functioning normally.

EU-backed researchers and doctors are pioneering advanced pre-implantation and prenatal genetic testing to improve the chance ...

Associate Professor Emma Scotter’s motor neuron disease (MND) lab receives a total of $485,225 with a Dawn Fellowship (Kyrah Thumbadoo - $242,205) and a First Fellowship (Miran Mrkela -$243,020).