Recent failed clinical trials of a drug designed to clear the mutant Huntingtin protein that causes Huntington s disease (HD) heightens the need for new approaches for the devastating, incurable, progressive neurodegenerative genetic disorder. Scientists at the Buck Institute have found that the targeting the protein called FK506-binding protein 51 or FKBP51 promotes the clearing of those toxic proteins via autophagy, a natural process whereby cells recycle damaged proteins and mitochondria and use them for nutrition.
Rep. Cuellar helps deliver $4M in federal funds to Border Region Behavioral Health Center
Courtesy of Rep. Henry Cuellar s Office
Feb. 9, 2021
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Pictured from left to right is Omar Tijerina, Webb County Sheriff’s Office, Congressman Henry Cuellar, Rosaura “Wawi” Tijerina, Webb County Commissioner, Maria A. Sanchez, Border Region Executive Director, and Jessica Vera-Rios, PhD, CRC, LPC, LSSP, Starr County Border Region Board MemberCourtesy /Rep. Henry Cuellar’s Office
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28) helped deliver $4,000,000 in federal funds to Border Region Behavioral Health Center.
This funding, awarded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) grant program, will be used to provide additional staff as well as increase services for mental health and substance abuse diagnosis and treatment.