In this weeks episode, Teresa and Michael talk about muscle weakness, aggressive cancers, and gray hair! It's all just one big circle. Don't forget! All proceeds of this podcast are donated to charity. For this episode, the profits are donated to GAVI: the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teresa's Sources: Badv, Reza Shervin, et al. “A Novel Case Report of Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy from Iran.” International Medical Case Reports Journal, Volume 12, 9 Apr. 2019, pp. 155–159., doi:10.2147/imcrj.s202046. Biologics Evaluation and Research. “ZOLGENSMA.” U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, 25 Feb. 2020, www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/zolgensma. “FDA Approves First Drug for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.” U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, 28 Mar. 2018, www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-drug-spinal-muscular-atrophy. Javed K, Daly DT. Neuroanatomy, Lower Motor Neuron Lesion. [Updated 2019 Mar 23]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539814/ “Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Genetics Home Reference - NIH.” U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 17 Mar. 2020, ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/spinal-muscular-atrophy. Understanding spinal muscular atrophy. Nat Struct Mol Biol 8, 1 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/82977 Michael's Sources: Goldberg, Alfred, and Konstantin Salnikow. “Tackling the Conundrum of Cachexia in Cancer.” National Cancer Institute, 1 Nov. 2011, www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/research/cachexia. “American Pancreatic Association Home.” American Pancreatic Association, 24 July 2018, www.american-pancreatic-association.org/?v=1d20b5ff1ee9. “The Pancreas and Its Functions.” The Pancreas Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, columbiasurgery.org/pancreas/pancreas-and-its-functions. “Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis.” Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, PanCAN, 1 Oct. 2019, www.pancan.org/facing-pancreatic-cancer/diagnosis/. “Prognosis.” Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, pancreatic.org/pancreatic-cancer/about-the-pancreas/prognosis/. Paper: Zhang, Bing, et al. “Hyperactivation of Sympathetic Nerves Drives Depletion of Melanocyte Stem Cells.” Nature, vol. 577, no. 7792, 22 Jan. 2020, pp. 676–681., doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1935-3.
