The Disease Biology research group aims to understand and treat a variety of human diseases. Our faculty use a range of model systems and experimental approaches to discover the underlying causes of human disease and devise new therapeutic strategies. Faculty work on neurodegenerative and protein aggregation diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); developmental disorders such as Fragile X syndrome, autism, CHARGE syndrome and Pitt-Hopkins; multiple forms of cancer; spinal cord injury; and autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis. Biology faculty collaborate with clinical and basic scientists from the Drexel College of Medicine, which focuses on translational, bench-to-bedside research.