Thursday, September 19, 2013

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Le diabète, une complication pas si rare de l’ataxie de Friedreich

Le diabète, une complication pas si rare de l’ataxie de Friedreich. E. Personeni, L. Meillet, A.S. Arbey, F. Schillo, A. Penfornis; Annales d'Endocrinologie, Volume 74, Issue 4, September 2013, Page 404. Annales d'Endocrinologie, Volume 74, Issue 4, September 2013, Pages 404, 30e Congrès de la Société Française d'Endocrinologie. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ando.2013.07.584

Multidisciplinary approach to rare diseases – Friedreich's ataxia

PP3.5 – 1554 Multidisciplinary approach to rare diseases – Friedreich's ataxia. M Malenica, M Kukuruzovic, G Krakar, L Cvitanovic-Sojat; European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, Volume 17, Supplement 1, September 2013, Page S37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1090-3798(13)70125-9

"the need for continuous multidisciplinary approach to patients with FA which in our patient so far includes a pediatric neurology specialist, pediatric cardiology specialist, pediatric nephrology specialist, physical therapy specialist, ENT specialist, ophthalmologist, and psychologist

Sunday, September 15, 2013

OLIGOTHERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF FRIEDREICH’S ATAXIA

OLIGOTHERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF FRIEDREICH’S ATAXIA. F. Ozsolak, D. Jun Li, D. Parekh, D. Knowlton, M. Wysk, R. Subramanian, J. Barsoum RaNA Therapeutics. Poster 2269T. American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2013 Annual Meeting, Octubre, 22-26, Boston.

KEYWORDS: Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA), frataxin (FXN), non-coding RNA (ncRNA), oligonucleotide-based therapeutic approaches.

Rapid DNA Methylation Analysis of the FXN gene in Friedreich

Rapid DNA Methylation Analysis of the FXN gene in Friedreich. S. Al-Mahdawi, C. Sandi, M. A. Pook; Poster 488T. American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2013 Annual Meeting, Octubre, 22-26, Boston.

KEYWORDS: Friedreich ataxia (FRDA), frataxin, epigenetic changes, heterochromatin formation, DNA methylation, GAA repeat, histone acetylation and methylation, specific ‘methylscreen’ restriction enzyme digestion, qPCR-based protocols,. to more rapidly quantify DNA methylation at four of the upstream CpG sites, rapid detection of DNA methylation.

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

White Matter Changes in Patients with Friedreich Ataxia after Treatment with Erythropoietin Journal of Neuroimaging

White Matter Changes in Patients with Friedreich Ataxia after Treatment with Erythropoietin Journal of Neuroimaging . Karl Egger, Christian Clemm von Hohenberg, Michael F. Schocke, Charles R.G. Guttmann, Demian Wassermann, Marlene C. Wigand, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Christian Kremser, Brigitte Sturm, Barbara Scheiber-Mojdehkar, Marek Kubicki, Martha E. Shenton and Sylvia Boesch. Journal of Neuroimaging. doi: 10.1111/jon.12050.

The diffusivity changes appear disease unspecific.

Gene Therapy Emerges From Disgrace to Be the Next Big Thing, Again

Gene Therapy Emerges From Disgrace to Be the Next Big Thing, Again. By Carl Zimmer 08.13.13. Wired Science wired.com. Wired Science Blogs/Genetic future

Monday, September 9, 2013

The complex world of proteins: Structure, function, and oligomerization of frataxin

The complex world of proteins: Structure, function, and oligomerization of frataxin. Christopher Söderberg; University dissertation from Department of Chemistry, Lund University (2013-09-27)

Keywords: Friedreich's ataxia, Frataxin, self-assembly, protein-protein interaction, iron homeostasis, SAXS, cross-linking.

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