News tagged with brain tissue

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Setting the stage for a new paradigm in treatment of heart failure

Despite a substantial increase in the number of people suffering the debilitating and often deadly effects of heart failure, treatments for the condition have not advanced significantly for at least 10 years. An analysis ...

Cardiology created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Doctors aim to help stroke patients overcome disability by helping rewire their brains

Researchers at the University of Glasgow are hoping to help victims of stroke to overcome physical disabilities by helping their brains to 'rewire' themselves.

Neuroscience created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Providing brain cells with the 3rd dimension to grow outside the body

Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology developed a unique Bioactive3D culture system for brain cells. This system gives new possibilities to study cell-cell ...

Medical research created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic landscape of common brain tumors holds key to personalized treatment

Nearly the entire genetic landscape of the most common form of brain tumor can be explained by abnormalities in just five genes, an international team of researchers led by Yale School of Medicine scientists report online ...

Cancer created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroinflammation may be behind general-anesthesia-associated learning disabilities

Several studies have found evidence that children who undergo repeated surgical operations with general anesthesia before the age of 4 may be at an increased risk for learning disabilities. In the March issue of Anesthesiology, Massac ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hyperbaric treatment has significantly resuscitated activity in damaged brains

Stroke, traumatic injury, and metabolic disorder are major causes of brain damage and permanent disabilities, including motor dysfunction, psychological disorders, memory loss, and more. Current therapy and rehab programs ...

Neuroscience created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Regulating single protein prompts fibroblasts to become neurons

Repression of a single protein in ordinary fibroblasts is sufficient to directly convert the cells – abundantly found in connective tissues – into functional neurons. The findings, which could have far-reaching ...

Medical research created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neurologists describe most feared and devastating strokes

Among the most feared and devastating strokes are ones caused by blockages in the brain's critical basilar artery system. When not fatal, basilar artery strokes can cause devastating deficits, including head-to-toe paralysis ...

Neuroscience created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New tool to help brain surgeons, one step closer to operating room

(Medical Xpress)—A new tool that could allow for faster, more comprehensive testing of brain tissue during surgery successfully identified the cancer type, grade and tumor margins in five brain surgery ...

Surgery created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Assessing the effects of cell phone radiation on brain tissue

Researchers have found a novel, non-invasive technique for measuring brain hot spots caused by electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones, according to a study published today.

Medical research created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Study: Even the smallest stroke can damage brain tissue, impair cognitive function

Blocking a single tiny blood vessel in the brain can harm neural tissue and even alter behavior, a new study from the University of California, San Diego has shown. But these consequences can be mitigated ...

Neuroscience created Dec 16, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Diabetes drug may reduce brain damage after stroke

In a study in mice, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. The suggested drug is already approved for ...

Diabetes created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues

Borrowing from microfabrication techniques used in the semiconductor industry, MIT and Harvard Medical School (HMS) engineers have developed a simple and inexpensive way to create three-dimensional brain ...

Neuroscience created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Brain inflammation likely key initiator to prion and Parkinson's disease

In a recent publication, researchers of the Computational Biology group at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine showed that neuro-inflammation plays a crucial role in initiating prion disease.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New biomaterials promote neuroregeneration after a brain injury

Professor Jose Miguel Soria, a member of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, has co-directed with Professor Manuel Monleón of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia a study on the compatibility ...

Neuroscience created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0