by Sarah C.P. Williams, Gladstone Institutes The scientists showed that inflammation (seen in green) was reduced in the brain following treatment with HypoxyStat (right panel), the new compound they developed that could be useful for treating Leigh Syndrome and other mitochondrial diseases. Credit: Gladstone Institutes For the average person, living at high altitude—where oxygen is sparser...
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Low oxygen levels restore balance and coordination in a mouse model of a movement disorder
by Allessandra DiCorato, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Friedreich’s ataxia is a rare, inherited disease that causes progressive nervous system damage, impairing balance and coordination and leaving patients unable to walk by early adulthood. Now, researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have found that treatment with continuous hypoxia—low-oxygen conditions comparable to levels...