Development of Alzheimer’s disease pathology is contributed from oligodendrocytes. UConn School of Medicine Professor and Chair of Neuroscience Riqiang Yan, Associate Professor of Neuroscience Xiangyou Hu, and their colleagues suggest a big data approach in the Nov. 17 issue of Molecular Degeneration. Collecting data on oligodendrocytes in systems biology research—those studies that look at large numbers of […]
Next generation miRNA inhibitors for the treatment of stroke
Verma lab in collaboration of Bahal lab from Storrs campus has published their new finding about leveraging the benefits of advanced gamma Peptic Nucleic Acid based miRNA-141 inhibitor for the treatment of ischemic stroke. Their finding was published in the journal Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acid. In this work first author Dr Sanjeev Kumar Yadav found […]
A new NIH grant to treat stroke injury
Liang and Verma’s lab recently made headlines with their new NIH grant, featured on the front page of the Hartford Courant’s Sunday edition (10-12-2024) and highlighted on UConn news. Dr. Verma is collaborating with Dr. Liang on a project aimed at developing new stroke therapies using purinergic receptor P2X4 inhibitors. The NIH has awarded a […]