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Andrew S. Yoo, the Phil and Sima Needleman Distinguished Professor of Developmental Biology, alongside Zhao Sun, a research scientist in Yoo’s lab, both affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, were honored with the second annual Jeffrey L. Morby Prize from Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing research aimed at preventing, slowing down, or reversing Alzheimer’s disease. This award acknowledges the senior and first authors of a recent paper that enhances the comprehension of Alzheimer’s disease and introduces new avenues for its prevention, diagnosis, or therapy.

Yoo, Sun, and their co-authors received acclaim for their innovative 2024 publication, which appeared in Science, detailing a unique method for examining aged neurons in the lab without the need for a brain biopsy.

Find out more on the WashU Medicine website.

The article Yoo, Sun recognized for developing novel method to study aged neurons was first published on The Source.

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