RNA sequencing in Alzheimers investigations

06/11/2024 27 min
RNA sequencing in Alzheimers investigations

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We humans share over 99% of our DNA with each other. This means personalised therapies for diseases such as cancer or neurodegenerative conditions have to be tailored to the most minute differences between us - or even between our own cells. Professor Mark Ebbert of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky leads a lab focusing on isoforms of RNA - tiny, short lived molecules - that could open whole new avenues for detection, diagnosis, and treatments of otherwise incurable diseases.Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.06.552162 Find more at The Ebbert Lab