Can Kayatekin
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Pharma lab head in rare and neurological diseases. Posts are my own thoughts/opinions.
Congrats @SarannaFanning and team!
JCI Insight - Stearoyl-CoA-Desaturase Inhibition normalizes brain lipid saturation, alpha-synuclein homeostasis, and motor function in mutant Gba1-Parkinson mice, congrats to @SarannaFanning et al.! insight.jci.org/articles/view/…
I can't believe the administration's response: after Harvard read the letter of demands, took them seriously & rejected the offer to assimilate, they blame Harvard for not continuing discussions. Gift link nytimes.com/2025/04/18/bus…
On World Parkinson’s Day the #synuclein2025 meeting takes place in Cambridge discussing advancements in understanding disease,progressing therapeutic candidates&diagnostics.Great to see the progress &hope among researchers, foundations,people with Parkinsons and industry partners
Science cannot thrive without the next generation.
What a wake-up call! UMass Chan congratulates Victor R. Ambros, PhD, the Silverman Chair in Natural Sciences and professor of molecular medicine at @UMassChan, co-winner of the 2024 @NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA. #NobelPrize #UMass @UMass
Congratulations to our 2024 medicine laureate Victor Ambros ✨ This morning he celebrated the news of his prize with his colleague and wife Rosalind Lee, who was also the first author on the 1993 'Cell' paper cited by the Nobel Committee. #NobelPrize
Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it? My first feature for @_TheTransmitter investigates the emotional and existential fallout for one lab in the aftermath of a misconduct case. thetransmitter.org/science-and-so…
Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In the crucible of September 11, the heroes of Flight 93 confronted terror with absolute courage and undoubtedly saved more American lives. We will never forget their bravery.
Todd: Hello. Operator. Listen to me -- I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. We have a situation here. Our plane has been hijacked. Can you understand me? Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand. Can…
$SNY Tolebrutinib meets primary endpoint in HERCULES phase 3 study, the first and only to show reduction in disability accumulation in non-relapsing secondary progressive MS globenewswire.com/news-release/2…
On the other hand, all doses improved over placebo even if not statistically significant. Probably an efficacious drug but how to pick the dose for ph3??
That dose response. Mkt not going to like it.
Great review from the Lutsenko lab on copper homeostasis, to which we made a small contribution! 🧬 Mammalian Copper Homeostasis: Physiologic Roles and Molecular Mechanisms in Physiological Reviews. #CopperHomeostasis #Physiology #MolecularBiology journals.physiology.org/doi/epdf/10.11…