News tagged with nervous system
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Microglia derived from patient-specific human-induced pluripotent stem cells
Today, during the 81st American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting, researchers announced new findings regarding the development of methods to turn human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) ...
Medical research
May 02, 2013 |
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Exposure to everyday noise influences heart rate variability
(Medical Xpress)—Exposure to noise, for example from road traffic, may adversely affect the cardiovascular system. Until now, underlying mechanisms linking noise to elevated cardiovascular risk have rarely been explored ...
Health
May 02, 2013 |
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Scientists weaken HIV infection in immune cells using synthetic agents
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is notorious for hiding within certain types of cells, where it reproduces at a slowed rate and eventually gives rise to chronic inflammation, despite drug therapy. But researchers at Temple ...
HIV & AIDS
May 01, 2013 |
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Pain is not one-dimensional, researchers say
Pain is not one-dimensional but a combination of inflammatory reactions as well as of processes in the central nervous system and memory cells. This is the result of a current study by pain researchers at ...
Medical research
May 01, 2013 |
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Study reveals probable role of Parkinson's protein in healthy brain
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have exposed the possible function, in the healthy brain, of a mysterious molecule that has been strongly implicated in Parkinson's ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
May 01, 2013 |
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Irish court: No 'right to die' for paralyzed woman (Update)
(AP)—A paralyzed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner's help, Ireland's Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that moved some in the courtroom to tears.
Other
Apr 29, 2013 |
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ESC recommends patients and centres for renal denervation
Up to 10 per cent of patients with high blood pressure are resistant to treatment, which puts them at increased risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attacks. Clinical trials show that catheter-based renal denervation ...
Cardiology
Apr 25, 2013 |
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Researchers use nasal lining to breach blood-brain barrier
Neurodegenerative and central nervous system (CNS) diseases represent a major public health issue affecting at least 20 million children and adults in the United States alone. Multiple drugs exist to treat and potentially ...
Neuroscience
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Scientists make brain tumours glow
Stereotactic needle biopsies are an established standard procedure in the diagnostic identification of brain lymphomas and certain brain tumours (gliomas). Up until now the tissue samples removed had to be ...
Cancer
Apr 24, 2013 |
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New research findings on the brain's guardian cells
The central nervous system's mop-up crew, microglia, play an important role in protecting the brain against disease and injury. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has now developed a method that makes it possible ...
Medical research
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis trial shows novel therapy is safe
An investigational treatment for an inherited form of Lou Gehrig's disease has passed an early phase clinical trial for safety, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Massachusetts ...
Neuroscience
Apr 23, 2013 |
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Vitamin E identified as potential weapon against obesity
A potential new way to fight obesity-related illness has been uncovered, thanks to serendipitous research led by investigators at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Overweight and Obesity
Apr 23, 2013 |
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CI therapy produces increase in grey matter in brains of children with cerebral palsy
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) report that children with cerebral palsy who underwent Constraint Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy) saw a significant increase in grey matter ...
Neuroscience
Apr 23, 2013 |
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Atrophy in key region of brain associated with multiple sclerosis
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements of atrophy in an important area of the brain are an accurate predictor of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. According to the ...
Neuroscience
Apr 23, 2013 |
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Large animal models of Huntington's disease offer new and promising research options
Scientific progress in Huntington's disease (HD) relies upon the availability of appropriate animal models that enable insights into the disease's genetics and/or pathophysiology. Large animal models, such as domesticated ...
Neuroscience
Apr 22, 2013 |
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