Dr. Todd Cohen in a Podcast!
Dr. Todd Cohen was featured in “The News and Notes Podcast” by Jeffrey C. McAndrew, where they discussed new, promising discoveries in ALS and what a typical day is like in the Cohen Lab at UNC Chapel Hill.
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Inspiring Stories in Inclusion Body Myositis (sIBM)
Dr. Todd Cohen and the efforts of the Cohen Lab were mentioned in the Oshkosh Herald! The story below features the efforts of Gary Beyer, a patient with sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis (sIBM), a muscle weakening disease that is similar in molecular origin to Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
The article also mentions a Podcast Conversation with Dr. Todd Cohen on similar subjects
To read the full story, click the pdf link below!
Click here to download- Oshkosh Newsletter page 3
How to Battle Protein Clumping in ALS- A UNC Science Short
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TDP-43 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
TDP-43 mediated neurodegeneration in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Like tau acetylation and phosphorylation in Alzheimer’s Disease, TDP-43 modifications similarly promote aberrant pathology seen in diseased brain and spinal cord of ALS and FTLD-TDP patients. Understanding such post-translational mechanisms could lead to better therapeutic avenues to pursue for ALS, FTD and other diseases characterized by TDP-43 pathology.