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Fishing for answers to DBA. DR Beth PAYNE. Who am I?. Haematology Consultant at University College London Hospital/Research at UCL CI. Why am I here. Trained in Haematology in Glasgow and London 2006 went to Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA Became interested in studying DBA. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Fishing for answers to DBAFishing for answers to DBADR BETH PAYNE
Who am I?
• Haematology Consultant at University College London Hospital/Research at UCL CI
Why am I here
• Trained in Haematology in Glasgow and London• 2006 went to Harvard Medical School in Boston,
USA• Became interested in studying DBA
Researching what goes wrong in DBA – WHAT DO WE KNOW?
• Red blood cells die prematurely
Researching what goes wrong in DBA – WHAT DO WE KNOW?
•Mistakes or absence one copy of a group of genes•These genes code for ribosomal proteins
US National library of Medicine
Researching what goes wrong in DBA – WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO KNOW?
•Since ribosomes are needed in all cells, why does DBA only cause problems with red blood cells?
•Can we use research to help us find new treatments ?
How to answer our questions?
• Patients and their families are the greatest teachers
• Some experiments cannot be done on patients so we need to learn more using other laboratory models
Zebrafish
Why do we use zebrafish?Why do we use zebrafish?
RO Karlstrom and DA Kane A flipbook of zebrafish embryogenesis Development (1996) 123:461
Why do we use zebrafish?Why do we use zebrafish?
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Why do we use zebrafish?Why do we use zebrafish?
Zebrafish Embryo stained for Haemoglobin at 4 days
Effects of Leucine in DBA zebrafish
Growth of DBA zebrafish with leucine
Ongoing projects – using DBA zebrafish to find new drugs for DBA
Assess candidate compounds in primary cells
Use Red fluorescent DBA zebrafish
AcknowledgementsUCLMaria VirgilioGreg PietkaYoungrock JoungTariq EnverSteve WilsonDavid Linch
St Marys/Imperial CollegeJosu De La Fuente
DFCI/Harvard Medical School USA
Tom LookEvisa GjiniUjwal PyatiHong SunArati Khanna-GuptaNancy BerlinerAnu NarlaBen Ebert
DBA Patients and families!!!