NEW YORK (July 6, 2005) - A molecule first identified by Weill Medical College of Cornell University scientists as useful in intra-cellular transport mechanisms appears to have another trick up its sleeve. The same research team now finds that Tctex-1 may help direct the growth and development of brain cells, too. Specifically, Tctex-1 appears to help developing neurons select which neurites - budding cellular outgrowths - will become the cell's axon and which will not. Every mature...
