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Tianyan Gao showed Micah Fowler, 13, center, and other Boyle County seventh-graders how to analyze DNA in the lab using a protocol called gel electrophoresis. The demonstration Tuesday was part of Meet the Researchers Day at the University of Kentucky Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building. Carroll County Middle School students also attended. Schools in the region participated in a fundraiser called Pennies for Patients for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Researchers at UK have discovered a new cellular mechanism that may better explain what causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that involves the death of motor neurons, leading to the muscle weakness and atrophy.