Diabetes
Study reveals obesity-related trigger that can lead to diabetes
People who are overweight or obese have a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, but exactly how that happens is not well understood.
Jan 11, 2023
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News tagged with nerve cell damage
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How COVID-19 causes neurological damage
Although the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 does not infect nerve cells, it can cause damage to the nervous system. Researchers from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have studied the mechanisms responsible ...
Nov 14, 2022
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Neuroscience
New flexible, steerable device placed in live brains by minimally invasive robot
Imperial College London scientists have successfully placed a bioinspired steerable catheter into the brain of an animal for the first time.
Oct 21, 2022
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Medical research
Research shows investigational drug fosters nerve repair after injury
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown that a brain-penetrating candidate drug currently in development as a cancer therapy can foster regeneration of damaged nerves after spinal trauma.
Jul 12, 2022
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Medications
How do painkillers actually kill pain? From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it's about meeting the pain where it's at
Without the ability to feel pain, life is more dangerous. To avoid injury, pain tells us to use a hammer more gently, wait for the soup to cool or put on gloves in a snowball fight. Those with rare inherited disorders that ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Medical research
What regulates the 'glue' needed for nerve repair?
Researchers at The University of Queensland have identified a molecule essential for regulating the repair of injured nerves, which could help people recover from nerve damage.
Mar 16, 2022
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Inflammatory disorders
Drug incorporated into silicone coating reduces 'foreign body reaction' to implants
Long-term use of implantable electronic medical devices—such as pacemakers and cochlear implants—is hampered by the body's reaction to foreign bodies. Now, in a study in mice, a team led by scientists at the University ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Medications
New multiple sclerosis treatments focused on inhibiting nerve cell damage
Research from a University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Medicine team will help develop medications that can inhibit the nerve cell damage that occurs due to diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
Nov 1, 2021
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Medical research
Repairing nerves requires prods of protein
When there's damage in the body, our cells call for help. UConn brain researchers just found a new way cells do this—like in the old AT&T ad campaign, they reach out and touch someone.
May 5, 2021
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Neuroscience
Focal brain lesion study shows cognitive impairment may be better predicted by looking at damage to white matter
A team of researchers from Carver College of Medicine, the University of Iowa and the University of California, San Francisco, has found that doctors looking to make predictions about the degree of cognitive impairment in ...
