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Scientists identify molecular trigger for Alzheimer's disease

Researchers have pinpointed a catalytic trigger for the onset of Alzheimer's disease – when the fundamental structure of a protein molecule changes to cause a chain reaction that leads to the death of neurons ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Epigenetic reprogramming: Research discovers how epigenetic information could be inherited

New research reveals a potential way for how parents' experiences could be passed to their offspring's genes. The research was published today, 25 January, in the journal Science.

Genetics created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers restore coordinated limb movement in dogs with severe spinal cord injury

(Medical Xpress)—In a collaboration between the University's Veterinary School and MRC's Regenerative Medicine Centre, scientists used a unique type of cell to regenerate the damaged part of the dogs' spines. The researchers ...

Neuroscience created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Avian flu viruses which are transmissible between humans could evolve in nature

It might be possible for human-to-human airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in nature, new research has found. The findings, from research led by Professor Derek Smith and Dr Colin Russell at the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New technique could transform epigenetics research

(Medical Xpress) -- Collaboration between scientists at Cambridge University and the Babraham Institute have demonstrated a new technique that will significantly improve scientists' ability to perform epigenetics ...

Genetics created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Brains of addicts are inherently abnormal: study (Update)

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) at the University of Cambridge have identified a brain abnormality which is found in drug-dependent individuals as well as their ...

Neuroscience created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Severe hypoglycemia cause identified

Cambridge scientists have identified the cause of a rare, life-threatening form of hypoglycaemia. Their findings, which have the potential to lead to pharmaceutical treatments for the disorder, were published today in the ...

Genetics created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers double number of genes associated with multiple sclerosis

Scientists have identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the biology of a very debilitating neurological disease. Many of the genes implicated in the study are relevant ...

Genetics created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Test could detect Alzheimer's disease earlier than previously possible

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study has revealed the possibility of using a simple test for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, enabling the condition to be identified before significant and irreversible ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuro-tweets: #hashtagging the brain (w/ video)

(Medical Xpress) -- We like to think the human brain is special, something different from other brains and information processing systems, but a Cambridge professor set out to test that assumption – by ...

Neuroscience created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

The artificial pancreas that keeps tabs on sugar

(Medical Xpress)—Development of a sophisticated artificial pancreas holds potential to transform the lives of patients with Type 1 diabetes.

Diabetes created May 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop simple blood test to track tumour evolution in cancer patients

By tracking changes in patients' blood, Cambridge scientists have created a new way of looking at how tumours evolve in real-time and develop drug resistance. The research was published in the print edition ...

Cancer created May 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

From shape-shifting to therapy

(Medical Xpress)—The latest research into the intricate processes that let substances into and out of cells will help to lay the foundations for the next generation of therapies for major diseases.

Medical research created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breathtaking: New treatments for a fatal lung disease

Research paves the way for new approaches in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a progressive lung disease that can lead to heart failure within three years.

Medical research created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reveals how people with a severe unexplained psychological illness have abnormal activity in the brain

Psychogenic diseases, formerly known as 'hysterical' illnesses, can have many severe symptoms such as painful cramps or paralysis but without any physical explanation. However, new research from the University of Cambridge ...

Neuroscience created Feb 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast