Biochemistry In Epilepsy Research - Lafora Disease - Matt Gentry

Описание: Biochemist Matt Gentry shares with us his extensive research into the ultra-rare epilepsy Lafora Disease, his motivation from working with families, the brilliant work of the Lafora Disease charity Chelsea’s Hope, and support from both the NIH and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
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Chapters 📖
00:00 Intro
00:49 Meet Matt
01:04 Metabolisms go further than doughnuts - Brain metabolism
02:13 Identifying Lafora Disease
02:50 Lafora at the protein level & global team
03:50 Research & breakthroughs
05:17 Children progress fast but potential treatments have been stopped by biotech
05:55 Different landscape for treatments
06:39 Insights into more common disease(s) found through Lafora research
07:05 Motivation - natural curiosity, NIH, and families
08:43 Global family with Lafora Disease
09:20 What patients and families go through
10:33 Survivors guilt - siblings
11:05 Support for families & research through Chelsea's Hope
11:53 IDC-10 Code to track patients with Lafora Disease
12:10 Scientists working with families
12:37 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
12:59 Thank you
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