Jeannie Chin Lab

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New therapeutic strategy may help PTEN mutation symptoms

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While children with mutations in PTEN exhibit autism, macrocephaly, intellectual disability and epilepsy, there are currently no effective treatment options, but a new study by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine offers a potential new approach to therapy.

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Alzheimer’s model seizures disrupt adult neurogenesis

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Working with animal models of Alzheimer’s disease, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine discovered that seizures that are associated with the disease both in animal models and humans alter the normal dynamics of neurogenesis in adult brains.