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Microcytic anemias, which affect all cell lines, can have adverse effects on brain and nervous system health. Iron deficiency #anemia, the most common type of microcytic anemia, can cause #cognitive impairment. 🧵(1/18)
Iron is crucial for #brain function, and its #deficiency can reduce #oxygen delivery to the brain, affecting #cognitive processes like #attention, #memory, and learning. (2/18)
#B12 deficiency, another common cause of microcytic anemia, can also damage the nervous system. (3/18)
Excited to share our paper “Somatic genomic changes in single Alzheimer’s disease neurons”, published today in @nature!
nature.com/articles/s4158…
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nature.com/articles/s4158…
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@Nature This was a wonderful collaboration with August Huang @tuihuaorjinhua, mentored by @ChrisAWalsh1 @EAliceLee2 and @_MikeLodato, with contributions from many others across multiple institutions. @BostonChildrens @BrighamWomens @HHMInews @harvardmed @UMassChan @broadinstitute
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@Nature @tuihuaorjinhua @ChrisAWalsh1 @EAliceLee2 @_MikeLodato @BostonChildrens @BrighamWomens @HHMINEWS @harvardmed @UMassChan @broadinstitute Somatic mutations in the genome of cells are a major part of how we think about cancer, but recent studies found that somatic mutations also occur in “normal” cells, and build up in neurons and in other cells as we age.
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On #WorldBrainDay, the Neuronet programme is celebrating @IMI_JU's public-private partnerships in #neurodegeneration research; from fundamental science to clinical studies, data analysis to knowledge mining & beyond.
Keep your eyes peeled! #WeAreNeuronet
Keep your eyes peeled! #WeAreNeuronet
2/20 @bwfalcon, now a group leader at @MRC_LMB, worked on the structure of Tau filaments @imprind, showing how they are misfolded in the brains of people with #neurodegenerative diseases.
Read about his work here: bit.ly/IMPRIND-falcon #WorldBrainDay
Read about his work here: bit.ly/IMPRIND-falcon #WorldBrainDay
3/20 #WorldBrainDay 2020 is dedicated to raising awareness of #Parkinsons disease. There are currently no disease-modifying treatments for mild cognitive impairment in PD; the #PD-MIND project aims to test a new drug to treat this condition. Find out more:bit.ly/PD-MIND
