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Neurological disorders are the number one cause of disability in the world, leading to seven million deaths each year. Yet few treatments exist for these diseases, which progressively diminish a person s ability to move and think.
Now, a new study suggests that some of these neurological disorders share a common underlying thread. Staufen1, a protein that accumulates in the brains of patients with certain neurological conditions, is linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig s disease, along with other neurological disorders, including Alzheimer s, Parkinson s, and Huntington s disease, according to University of Utah Health scientists.
The findings connect Staufen1 to the emerging concept that neurodegenerative diseases are linked to malfunctions in the way cells cope with cellular stress. These results, based on laboratory studies of human tissue and mouse models, suggest that targeting Staufen1 could eventually lead to therapeutic interventions for a
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SALT LAKE CITY, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ARUP Laboratories today announced the retirement of CEO Sherrie L. Perkins, MD, PhD, effective June 30, 2021. ARUP also announced that Andy Theurer, currently ARUP s president, has been appointed by the company s Board of Directors to become CEO with Perkins retirement.
Tracy George, MD, will replace Theurer as president and will retain her current position as ARUP s chief medical officer (CMO). I am very grateful to Sherrie Perkins for her exceptional leadership as CEO and for her many other extraordinary contributions to ARUP and the University of Utah School of Medicine, said Peter E. Jensen, MD, chairman of the ARUP Board of Directors and of the U School of Medicine Department of Pathology. She has demonstrated a true commitment to ARUP and the work we do that has such an impact on patients and on our clients nationwide. She will be sorely missed.
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