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FRDA mouse model. Ataxia UK – Interview

Julie Vallortigara PhD Research Officer, Ataxia UK Talks to IARC 2017 Speaker: Vijay Chandran, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida…

FARA Featured Scientist: April 2016

Vijay, as he prefers to be called, grew up in the delightfully named town of Ooty, a tourist venue in the South India region of Tamil Nadu. He went on to acquire a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology and a Masters in bio informatics from Bharathiar University, named for Subramania Bharathiar,…

Researchers find gene network that repairs nervous system

Researchers identified the genetic mechanism that promotes repair of the peripheral nervous system, as well as a drug that promotes nerve regeneration in the central nervous system, according to a newly published study.