http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A study led by researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has for the first time revealed how the loss of a particular tumour suppressing protein leads to the abnormal growth of tumours of the brain and nervous system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-greater-tumor-growth-mechanism.html Neuroscience Thu, 16 May 2013 10:31:24 EST news287919075 (Medical Xpress)—Two wrongs don't make a right, they say, but here's how one tangle can straighten out another. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-tangle-talents-untangles-neurons.html Medical research Mon, 06 May 2013 05:53:02 EST news287038373 An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, says a key protein in Schwann cells performs a critical, perhaps overarching, role in regulating the recovery of peripheral nerves after injury. The discovery has implications for improving the treatment of neuropathic pain, a complex and largely mysterious form of chronic pain that afflicts over 100 million Americans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-pinning-pain-schwann-cell-protein.html Neuroscience Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:50:30 EST news283614622 (Medical Xpress)—Anyone whose hand or foot has "fallen asleep" has an idea of the numbness and tingling often experienced by people with peripheral nerve damage. The condition also can cause a range of other symptoms, including unrelenting pain, stinging, burning, itching and sensitivity to touch. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-clues-peripheral-nerve.html Neuroscience Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:07:50 EST news281862461 When a nerve is damaged, glial cells produce the protein neuregulin1 and thereby promote the regeneration of nerve tissue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-glial-cells-nerves.html Neuroscience Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:15:54 EST news278612147 Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool and Glasgow have uncovered a possible new method of enhancing nerve repair in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-discovery-nerve-regeneration-spinal-injury.html Neuroscience Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:00:12 EST news271417331 A new way to grow cells vital for nerve repair, developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield, could be a vital step for use in patients with severe nerve damage, including spinal injury (1). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-schwanns-technique-cell-therapy-nerve.html Medical research Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:45:48 EST news269178340 Researchers from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, in collaboration with colleagues from Rutgers University, Newark and University College London, have furthered understanding of the mechanism by which the cells that insulate the nerve cells in the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells, protect and repair damage caused by trauma and disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-inproved-peripheral-nervous.html Neuroscience Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:13:38 EST news258974007 Blood vessels and supporting cells appear to be pivotal partners in repairing nerves ravaged by diabetic neuropathy, and nurturing their partnership with nerve cells might make the difference between success and failure in experimental efforts to regrow damaged nerves, Johns Hopkins researchers report in a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-diabetic-nerve-blood-vessels-cells.html Medical research Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:50:32 EST news228066607