SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: A TEAM AT SCRIPPS RESEARCH INVENTED A NEW METHOD, CALLED CATCH, THAT SHOWS HOW DRUGS HIT THEIR TARGETS IN THE BODY. CELLS TARGETED BY A DRUG (PARGYLINE SHOWN IN CYAN) CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF IMMUNOLABELING (RED SHOWING NEURONS; YELLOW SHOWING DOPAMINERGIC/NORADRENERGIC NEURONS; BLUE SHOWING CELL NUCLEI). CREDIT: SCRIPPS...
by University of Exeter Histopathology of gastrocnemius muscle from patient who died of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type. Cross section of muscle shows extensive replacement of muscle fibers by adipose cells. Credit: Public Domain Scientists have identified a way to “rescue” muscle cells that have genetically mutated, paving the way to a possible new treatment for...
