News tagged with central nervous system
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Two proteins offer a 'clearer' way to treat Huntington's disease
In a paper published in the July 11 online issue of Science Translational Medicine, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified two key regulatory proteins critic ...
Neuroscience
Jul 11, 2012 |
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Lower iron levels seen in newborns of obese mothers
A growing number of studies imply that children born to obese mothers face health problems stemming from the womb.
Pediatrics
Jul 09, 2012 |
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'Mad cow disease' in cattle can spread widely in ANS before detectable in CNS
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow disease") is a fatal disease in cattle that causes portions of the brain to turn sponge-like. This transmissible disease is caused by the propagation of a misfolded form ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 09, 2012 |
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Study examines fingolimod therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis
The medication fingolimod reduced inflammatory lesion activity and reduced brain volume loss in patients with multiple sclerosis who participated in a two-year placebo-controlled clinical trial and were assessed by magnetic ...
Neuroscience
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Spending on children's health rising faster than adults over past four years, says report
Spending on health care for children grew faster than spending for adults between 2007 and 2010 due to increasing prices for all categories of goods and services, finds a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI). ...
Health
Jul 01, 2012 |
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Mayo Clinic uses new approach to reverse multiple sclerosis in mice models
Mayo Clinic researchers have successfully used smaller, folded DNA molecules to stimulate regeneration and repair of nerve coatings in mice that mimic multiple sclerosis (MS). They say the finding, published today in the ...
Medical research
Jun 28, 2012 |
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Researchers identify protein required to regrow injured nerves in limbs
A protein required to regrow injured peripheral nerves has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Neuroscience
Jun 20, 2012 |
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Intestinal bacteria produce neurotransmitter, could play role in inflammation
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have identified commensal bacteria in the human intestine that produce a neurotransmitter that may play a role in preventing or treating inflammatory ...
Inflammatory disorders
Jun 17, 2012 |
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Genetic markers hope for new brain tumor treatments
Researchers at The University of Nottingham have identified three sets of genetic markers that could potentially pave the way for new diagnostic tools for a deadly type of brain tumour that mainly targets children.
Cancer
Jun 15, 2012 |
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Researchers design new substances that might help fight Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
University of Granada researchers have tested melatonin analogues in rats that inhibit the enzyme nitric oxide synthase, which is involved in the development of the diseases referred above.
Medical research
Jun 13, 2012 |
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Receptor may hold key to multiple sclerosis treatment
(Medical Xpress) -- A receptor recently discovered to control the movement of immune cells across central nervous system barriers (including the blood-brain barrier) may hold the key to treating multiple sclerosis ...
Immunology
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Leukemia deadlier for teens, young adults than younger kids: study
(HealthDay) -- Teenagers and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, are more likely to relapse and less likely to survive than younger children with the disease, ...
Cancer
Jun 02, 2012 |
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Neural protective protein has two faces
(Medical Xpress) -- A protein produced by the central nervous system’s support cells seems to play two opposing roles in protecting nerve cells from damage, an animal study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests: Decreasing ...
Neuroscience
May 30, 2012 |
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Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies
(AP) -- Quarantines were lifted on two Central California dairies associated with a case of mad cow disease after investigators found no link between the illness and food the diseased bovine might have consumed, federal ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 18, 2012 |
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Study identifies key cellular mechanisms behind the onset of tinnitus
Researchers in the University of Leicester's Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology have identified a cellular mechanism that could underlie the development of tinnitus following exposure to loud noises. The discovery ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 10, 2012 |
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