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Uncovering lub Mysteries ntawm lub siab

Huda Zoghbi tau ua nws txoj hauv kev los ua tus kws kho mob thaum nws ntsib nrog cov me nyuam uas muaj qhov tsis txawv ntawm lub paj hlwb hloov nws txoj hauj lwm - thiab tob zuj zus peb txoj kev to taub txog tib neeg lub hlwb ua haujlwm li cas.

"Cov neeg ua yeeb yam rau txhua lub hom phiaj," hais tias Dr. Zoghbi, yog ib tus tau txais kev txhawb nqa zoo tshaj plaws hauv Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Life Science rau nws txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm ua rau lub hauv paus tseem ceeb rau kev tsim kev puas hlwb. "Kuv tau los ua ib qho vim kuv tau mob siab rau kuv tau qhia rau cov niam txiv tsis muaj dab tsi txog ntawm lawv tus menyuam tus kab mob."

"Tib neeg ua cov neeg tshawb nrhiav rau txhua hom vim li cas. Kuv tau los ua ib qho vim kuv tau mob siab rau kuv tau qhia rau cov niam txiv tsis muaj dab tsi txog ntawm lawv tus menyuam tus kab mob. "-DR. HUDA ZOGHBI, KEV KHOOS KOM UA NTAU HEEV RAU NEUROSCIENCE

Yug hauv Lebanon, Dr. Zoghbi thawj zaug tuaj rau Tebchaws Meskas raws li kev tshais chaw kho mob txawv tebchaw nyob rau xyoo 1970s thaum kev tsov kev rog hauv kev tsov kev rog ua rau nws txaus ntshai rau nws mus kawm tiav hauv Beirut. Nyob rau xyoo 1982, nws tseem yog ib tug neeg nyob hauv Baylor College of Medicine thaum nws tau ntsib ob tug ntxhais nyob hauv Rett Syndrome, ib qho kev ntsuam xyuas txog cov hlab ntsha uas tsis tshua muaj tshwm sim rau hauv cov ntawv tshaj tawm lus Askiv. Cov neeg mob, hnub nyoog 5 thiab 11, tau yug los muaj kev noj qab nyob zoo, tab sis ua raws tib txoj kev poob qeeb thiab kev ua kom lub cev tsis muaj zog, "zoo li nws tau choreographed," nws remembers.

At the annual McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Conference, more than 100 neuroscientists gather to discuss their latest research.
Thaum lub xyoo McKnight Endowment Fund rau Neuroscience Conference, ntau tshaj 100 neuroscientists sib sau ua ke los sib tham txog lawv txoj kev tshawb fawb.

Kev nyuaj siab los ntawm kev soj ntsuam nws tau pab me me, Dr. Zoghbi siv 16 xyoo ntawm Baylor "rov qab mus rau hauv av xoom" kom paub qhov kev hloov kev tshuaj ntsuam uas tau muab rau Rett syndrome. Nws yog ib qho kev tshawb nrhiav tias tam sim no pab soj ntsuam xyuas seb qhov chaw kho mob uas yuav muaj hnub twg hloov tau qhov hloov txoj kev kawm. "Rau kuv, txoj cai no tseem siv tau - thaum twg peb tawm tsam nrog kev daws qhov teebmeem mob - qhov tsawg dua peb paub txog ntawm qhov kev tshawb fawb ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav, ntau dua peb tawm tsam. Qhov ntau peb paub txog nws, qhov ntau peb muaj peev xwm nrhiav tau cov kev daws teeb meem. "

Kev paub txog lub hwj chim ntawm kev tshawb fawb txog kev tsav tsheb Lub McKnight Foundation los sib piv cov nqi plaub xyoos ntawm kev nce qib hauv kev tsim kho, qhov kev cog lus pib nrog tus neeg pab txhawb tus thawj coj thiab philanthropist William McKnight. Pib xyoo 1977, McKnight Scholar Awards pib txhawb cov tub ntxhais kawm tshawb nrhiav cov kev paub txog lub hlwb thiab kev nco. Tau ntau xyoo dhau los, qhov kev qhuas no tau muab tshaj tawm 225 tus neeg tshawb nrhiav thiab nrhiav tau ntau pua txoj kev nrhiav pom.

Neuroimaging can show the structure and activity of the brain
Neuroimaging tuaj yeem pom cov qauv thiab kev ua ntawm lub paj hlwb

Lub hlwb kev ntseeg ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb

McKnight yog ib lub koomhaum tseemceeb hauv lub tebchaws uas tau muab nyiaj pabcuam rau kev nkag siab ntawm lub hlwb los txhim kho txoj kev tiv thaiv, kev paub, thiab kev kho mob thiab kev nco kev kho mob ntawm kev xav txog kev ua rau Alzheimer tus kabmob.

Nws mam li mus tsim kom muaj ib qho chaw nyob ruaj khov rau kev tshawb fawb ntawm lub hlwb los ntawm The McKnight Endowment Fund rau Neuroscience, ib lub koom haum ywj pheej uas tau tsim los ntawm txoj kev tshawb nrhiav txog $ 89 million hauv kev tshawb nrhiav tshiab txij xyoo 1987. Me ntsis ntawm lwm qhov chaw ntawm cov paj hlwb, McKnight Endowment Fund rau Neuroscience yog coj los ntawm lub rooj tsav xwm hauv teb chaws cov neeg tshawb xyuas kev tshawb fawb los xaiv cov kev sib tw sab nraud rau peb qhov kev sib tw cov kev qhuas txaav - Kev Tshawb Fle Kev Ntseg hab Kev Txawj Ntse, Kev Txhim Kho Cov Txuj Ci Kev Kawm Txuj Zoo, hab Txuj Kev Kawm Txuj Kev Kawm McKnight Scholar.

Dr. Huda Zoghbi accepts the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
Dr. Huda Zoghbi lees txais lub xyoo 2017 Caw Txhaum Kev Txawj Ntse nyob rau hauv Kev Kawm Txog Lub Sis Neej.

Lub McKnight Endowment Fund rau Neuroscience tseem tuaj koom rooj sib tham txhua xyoo uas hu ua cov neeg tshawb fawb saum toj kawg nkaus kom qhia lawv txoj kev tshawb fawb. Nws yog kev sib koom tes thiab kev sib koom tes uas Dr. Zoghbi, uas yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Endowment Fund lub board of directors, sib piv rau lub caij ntuj sov rau lub hlwb cov kws tshawb fawb.

"McKnight Neuroscience Fund yog ib qho qauv zoo nkauj uas tau txais nyiaj hauv cov kev thaj tsam tshiab thiab ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo. Nws tsim ib kab lis kev cai ntawm kev kawm thiab txhawb cov tub ntxhais hluas cov kws tshawb fawb los daws cov teeb meem uas lwm tus neeg tau raug tso tseg, "hais tias Dr. Zoghbi.

"McKnight Neuroscience Fund yog ib qho qauv zoo nkauj uas tau txais nyiaj hauv cov kev thaj tsam tshiab thiab ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo. Nws tsim kev coj noj coj ua ntawm kev tshawb fawb thiab txhawb cov tub ntxhais hluas cov kws tshawb fawb kom daws tau cov teeb meem uas tsis muaj leej twg yuav raug tso tseg. "-DR. HUDA ZOGHBI, BAYLOR MEDICINE

Plaub xyoo tom qab ua nws cov thawj peev hauv neuroscience, McKnight tam sim no suav txog tsib lub National Medal ntawm cov Tub Ntxhais Kawm Tshaj Lij, 9 lub Nobel Laureates, thiab ntau tshaj 80 Lub Tsev Naj Npawb National Academy ntawm nws lub hlwb kev ntseeg ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb. Thaum cov pab pawg neeg tshawb fawb tau tso lub teeb tshiab rau ntawm lub hlwb mob li ntau yam xws li tsi txawj xav thiab mob Alzheimer's disease, Dr. Zoghbi hais tias cov thawj tswj hwm nyob rau hauv tag nrho lawv txoj haujlwm yog lub siab xav hle cov kev paub tsis meej ntawm feem ntau txoj hauv kev ua haujlwm hauv lub ntiaj teb.

"Nws zoo li koj tau txais phau ntawv no thiab koj paub tias qhov chaw hauv cov nplooj ntawv no koj yuav pom ib lo lus teb rau lo lus nug uas koj tau raug tshawb nrhiav," nws hais. "Koj yuav tsum tuav cov nplooj ntawv kom txog rau thaum koj pom nws."

Ntsiab lus: McKnight Endowment Fund rau Neuroscience

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