Innovative neuroscience research at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) could reveal more about the causes of Alzheimer’s Disease, as well as a potential treatment.
Drs. Bettina Kalisch and Tarek Saleh in OVC’s Department of Biomedical Sciences are studying regulatory mechanisms involved in gene expression. Cells can regulate their gene expression, and thereby the types of proteins they produce, by turning genes on or off. This regulation allows cells to respond to changing environments but can simultaneously...