Researchers in Prof. Robert Malenka's laboratory have developed a light-activated animal system that could be used to identify compounds that treat certain psychiatric disorders.
Researchers in Dr. Bingwei Lu's lab have identified genes that could serve as therapeutic targets for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). PD is a common neurodegenerative movement disorder affecting 1% of the population over the age 60.
Stanford and Rockefeller researchers have identified and developed dynein-specific inhibitors that have significant medical applications involving mitotic spindle assembly, organelle transport, and primary cilia formation.