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Healthy centenarian study

National Science Week celebrates science diversity. Following a degree in Medical Science, PhD student Jessica Lazarus continues her research journey in NeuRA’s PhD program. Heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve DNA coding sequence modifications are referred to as ‘epigenetic’. DNA methylation was the first discovered epigenetic mark, and remains the most studied. I will be using DNA […]

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The genes involved in bipolar disorder

Research Officer Dr Alex Shaw joined NeuRA after completing a PhD in cancer research. He is investigating the genetic underpinnings of bipolar disorder. There is no single cause of bipolar disorder, but understanding how factors such as brain structure and genetics contribute to its development will help researchers to know how to best diagnose, treat and, hopefully, prevent the disorder. […]

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