by Nina DiPrimio | Feb 1, 2015 | Science |
Using yeast as a model organism to study human disease is not a new concept. Yeast are useful for this purpose for many reasons as discussed in a previous post, but potentially of most importance is that yeast cell biology is similar to that of mammalian cells, and...
by Nina DiPrimio | Oct 17, 2014 | Science |
If you go to clinicaltrial.gov, one of the only websites for up-to-date clinical trial information, and search for Niemann-Pick Type C (NP-C), you will notice a small set of trials in various stages of development. Some of the trials are focused on better...