Medications
FDA panel says no to experimental ALS drug
An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted resoundingly against recommending a stem cell-based experimental treatment for ALS.
Sep 28, 2023
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News tagged with nerve cells
Neuroscience
Study shows how a single neuron's parallel outputs can coordinate many aspects of behavior
A new MIT study that focuses on a single cell in one of nature's simplest nervous systems provides an in-depth illustration of how individual neurons can use multiple means to drive complex behaviors.
Sep 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
A promising drug candidate for ALS prolongs lifespan and eases symptoms in rats and mice
A research group at the University of Helsinki and its partners have found a promising drug candidate for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor CDNF prolongs the lifespan ...
Sep 22, 2023
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Immunology
Reducing stress on T cells makes them better cancer fighters
Even for killer T cells—specialized immune cells—seeking and destroying cancer cells around the clock can be exhausting. If scientists can understand why killer T cells become exhausted, then they can create more resilient ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Discovery could lead to 'kinder' treatment for childhood neuroblastoma
Children with neuroblastoma—responsible for 15% of cancer deaths in this age group—could in future be given treatments with fewer side-effects than those associated with the current chemotherapy, thanks to a discovery ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Discovery of protein orientation helps scientists understand Parkinson's disease
For several years, scientists have known that Parkinson's disease is related to misfolding of the protein alpha-synuclein. Deposited aggregates of a protein called alpha-synuclein (α-syn) can damage and kill nerve cells, ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Neuroscience
'Bioprinting' living brain cell networks in the lab
Monash University Engineering researchers have successfully used "bioinks" containing living nerve cells (neurons) to print 3D nerve networks that can grow in the laboratory and transmit and respond to nerve signals. The ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Neuroscience
The fundamental process behind memory has been captured live
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have, for the first time, witnessed nerve plasticity in the axon in motion.
Sep 18, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Hope emerges for women with debilitating hormonal disorder
When Emelyne Heluin of France was diagnosed at the age of 17 with a hormonal disorder that causes enlarged ovaries with cysts, her symptoms included weight gain, hair loss, fatigue and pain. She was forced to quit her longtime ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
The hidden challenge: Imaging perineural invasion in head and neck tumors
Peripheral neural spread (PNS) is a specific mode of cancerous invasion where tumor cells utilize nerves as pathways for local extension. This phenomenon is particularly significant in the realm of head and neck malignancies ...
Sep 6, 2023
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