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Waisman Center
Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
The search for happiness can take many paths.
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards, visited the center on Monday, September 13. Her visit focused on the Waisman Center’s “translational research,” including the Stem Cell Research Program, the Waisman Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility, and the Keck Lab for Brain Imaging and Behavior. During her two hours here, she toured these areas and …
In a finding that may cause a dramatic shift in the way scientists and researchers search for a therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, a team of researchers led by Jeff Johnson, an associate professor at the School of Pharmacy, has discovered that increased expression of a protein called transthyretin in the brain appears to halt the progression of the disease.