The National MS Society and American Brain Foundation joined forces to support training for young clinicians committed to careers in academic medicine with an emphasis on MS clinical research. The NMSS-ABF MS Clinician-Scientist Development Award supports research for talented clinicians to address problems in MS with the most current scientific tools.
Network of Co-Expressed Proteins in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with CNS Lymphoma . The American Journal of Pathology, Volume 191, Issue 3, P417-588.
Abnormal leaks in the blood-brain barrier have previously been linked to the severity of CNS lymphoma. However, the molecular details remain unclear. Now, the Akassoglou Lab has shown in mice that CNS B-cell lymphoma cells cluster at sites where there is a leak in the blood-brain barrier. They also found that a blood protein called fibrinogen, which normally participates in blood clotting, promotes this clustering. To read full article, click here.
Gladstone scientist Jae Kyu Ryu, PhD, (right) and his colleagues discover new links between lymphoma growth and leaks in the blood-brain barrier.
Katerina Akassoglou will lead the new Gladstone-UCSF Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology, which brings together a unique combination of expertise to enable novel therapies for Alzheimer Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. To read full article, click here.
A generous philanthropic gift from the Simon Family Trust is supporting the creation of the new Gladstone-UCSF Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology, which will be led by Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, senior investigator at Gladstone Institutes. The $2.5-million donation will help scientists study neurological diseases by combining basic and clinical research in vascular biology, immunology, and neuroscience. To read full article, click here.
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Akassoglou Lab Researchers discovered in mice studies that the brain’s microglia, cells that constantly monitor surrounding neurons, keep spontaneous seizures in check by tempering neuronal hyperactivity. To read full article, click here.
(AP Photo/David Duprey)
(AP Photo/ David Duprey)