biobytes: March 9, 2009
The Rockefeller University Press
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In the March 9th edition of biobytes, we hear from Marc Freeman (University of Massachusetts) and Michael Coleman (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK) about a mutant superhero protein that protects neurons from degeneration (Avery et al. and Conforti et al., JCB). Also, Alan Rapraeger (University of Wisconsin) tells us about a synthetic peptide called synstatin that blocks cancer's blood supply (Beauvais et al., JEM). The show was written, presented, and produced by Ruth Williams, with additional reporting by Justin Paul.
00:35 - Neuroprotection by the Wlds protein; 05:40 - Cancer-blocking systatin.
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