Epigenetic principles underlying epileptogenesis and epilepsy syndromes.

Epilepsy is a network disorder driven by fundamental changes in the function of the cells which compose these networks. Driving this aberrant cellular function are large scale changes in gene expression and gene expression regulation. Recent studies have revealed rapid and persistent changes in epigenetic control of gene expression as a critical regulator of the epileptic transcriptome.

Examination and diagnosis of electronic patient records and their associated ethics: a scoping literature review.

Background: Electronic patient record (EPR) technology is a key enabler for improvements to healthcare service and management. To ensure these improvements and the means to achieve them are socially and ethically desirable, careful consideration of the ethical implications of EPRs is indicated. The purpose of this scoping review was to map the literature related to the ethics of EPR technology.

Generation of twelve induced pluripotent stem cell lines from two healthy controls and two patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The majority of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are sporadic (sALS) with no familial history or known genetic association, therefore a large cohort of disease models are required to identify common mechanisms or to test therapeutic interventions. Here we generated twelve induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from human dermal fibroblasts of two healthy individuals and two sALS patients lacking common ALS mutations, using non-integrational Sendai virus expressing reprogramming factors OCT3/4, KLF4, SOX2 and c-MYC. The iPSC lines highly expressed pluripotency markers could be spontaneously differentiated into three embryonic germ layers, with no gross chromosomal aberrations or specific copy number variations.