New faculty who joined VP&S in February and March include the chair of the Department of Radiology and the vice chair for basic research in the Department of Pediatrics.
New faculty who joined VP&S in recent months include a specialist in managing infections in immunocompromised patients and a researcher of precision cellular immunotherapies for autoimmunity.
Spinal muscular atrophy is partly due to defects in the sensory neuron synapses that activate motor neurons. Symptoms may be reduced by improving synapse function.