Tool to study brain development leads to new drugs
Date: 8.4.2006
Scientists have made available a powerful new tool for studying brain development, which will help scientists discover the genetic origins of brain cancers, which could speed development of novel drugs to treat them. The tool, called the mouse Brain Gene Expression Map (BGEM), will identify brain disorders, such as tumours and some psychiatric diseases, which are caused by gene mutations that arise during development of this organ.
The scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have given investigators around the world free access to this Internet-based tool, in the hope that uptake will be quick and varied. The continual updating and completion of the BGEM Web site will be crucial to scientists.
"Source":[ http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/news/ng.asp?n=66697-bgem-brain-tumour].
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