University of Bath scientists have developed a better understanding of a key protein associated with brain diseases including ALS (motor neurone disease) and dementia by studying how it enters central nervous system cells.
Feb 28, 2018
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A new treatment for Huntington's disease – a deadly brain disorder – has successfully completed first-in-human trials. The drug lowered levels of the harmful huntingtin protein in the spinal fluid of patients who took ...
Dec 14, 2017
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It is estimated that between 14,000 and 15,000 Americans have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to the National Institutes of Health. Symptoms of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, may be subtle at first ...
Dec 4, 2017
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The findings relate to a type of cell connection that allows electrical and chemical messages to flow from nerve to muscle cells, enabling motion.
Nov 29, 2017
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Motor neurons are the nerves that send impulses to the muscles to generate movement. Damage of these neurons can cause very diverse diseases, for example spinal muscular atrophy in children or adult amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Nov 2, 2017
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Globally, the burden of neurological disorders (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy etc) has increased substantially over the past 25 years. This problem is the topic of a recent report by the Global ...
Oct 16, 2017
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Britain's High Court has rejected a terminally ill man's request to be killed with medical help.
Oct 5, 2017
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A recent study published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise was reported in many media outlets as a bringer of "bad news" to television watchers, with the Herald Sun noting:
Sep 28, 2017
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Columbia scientists have discovered that one of the body's natural defenses against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—a cellular 'clean-up process' called autophagy—suppresses disease progression early on, but in later ...
Sep 11, 2017
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A common feature of neurodegenerative diseases is the formation of permanent tangles of insoluble proteins in cells. The beta-amyloid plaques found in people with Alzheimer's disease and the inclusion bodies in motor neurons ...
Jul 27, 2017
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