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Cancer Drugs Used For Epilepsy?! - Madeleine Oudin


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Hear of the similarities between neuronal cells in epilepsy and metastatic breast cancer, plus the potential repurposing of drugs. From lead PI, scientist Madeleine Oudin, inspired by daughter Margo (who has the rare genetic epilepsy SCN8A).

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🔗 Website & more about Madeleine: 👇🏻
www.torierobinson.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights/madeleine-oudin-drug-repurposing-cancer-epilepsy-genetics
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Chapters 📖
00:00 Intro
01:16 Identifying the similarities between cancer & neuronal cells 
04:07 Same ion channels anomalies in both epilepsies and cancer subtype
04:48 Epilepsy drugs to treat breast cancer?!
05:37 Cancer drugs to treat seizures?! 
06:54 “New” epilepsy medications available through drug repurposing?
08:00 New grant studying the neuronal identity of tumours
09:12 Tools used in both epilepsy and cancer research 
10:14 New SCN8A epilepsy research
12:18 Epilepsy research results to be used in cancer treatment?! 
13:08 Current research & treatment development stage
14:08 Don’t be afraid of neuroscience and drug development!
14:37 Learn more
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https://www.epilepsysparks.com/glossary 
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