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A new study by Thomas Jefferson University neuroscientist Jay Schneider, PhD, suggests that the toxic effects of lead can be mitigated by attentive maternal care and an enriched environment in an animal model.

A new study led by Thomas Jefferson University researchers has revealed insights into how the eye handles inflammation, particularly in autoimmune uveitis, an inflammatory disease that bypasses the eye’s immune privilege and can damage healthy eye tissue.

In their recent study, Danielle M. Tholey, MD and her team at Thomas Jefferson University wanted to identify why men seem to be receiving more liver transplants than women. They looked at race, sex, insurance and education of patients receiving liver transplants. They then grouped the patients by whether they received a liver transplant from a deceased donor or a living donor.

In a new paper, published in EMBO Reports, a team including Davide Trotti, PhD, a neuroscientist at Thomas Jefferson University, showed how altered glucose metabolism in the brain and spinal cord are damaging to motor neurons in preclinical models that carry the genetic C9-NRE mutation. 

Molecular biologist Yohei Kirino, PhD and his research team at Thomas Jefferson University has found that certain RNA molecules in people with tuberculosis are drastically different than those in healthy people.