Genetics
Gene-editing tools pave way for new Alzheimer's treatments
Two new studies using CRISPR gene editing offer potential new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
Jul 17, 2023
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Genetics
What causes Alzheimer's? Genes, environment and lifestyle play roles
Learning that your loved one has Alzheimer's disease can be frightening and leave you feeling lost and unsure.
Jun 20, 2023
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Neuroscience
Abnormalities in neurodevelopment could lay the foundations for Alzheimer's disease
What if Alzheimer's disease left its mark on the embryo? Khadijeh Shabani and her colleagues from the Brain Development team led by Bassem Hassan (Inserm) at Paris Brain Institute show that the amyloid precursor protein (APP) ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Study brings new understanding of multiple myeloma evolution
A new study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center highlights novel insights into the evolution of multiple myeloma from precursor disease, which may help better identify patients likely to progress ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Medical research
Tracking early signs of Alzheimer's pathology in a mouse model
About two-thirds of the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is thought to arise from genetic influences, but about a third could be influenced by environment and lifestyle, opening the door for behavioral interventions that ...
May 31, 2023
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Neuroscience
A special omega-3 fatty acid lipid will change how we look at the developing and ageing brain, researchers find
Scientists from Singapore have demonstrated the critical role played by a special transporter protein in regulating the brain cells that ensure nerves are protected by coverings called myelin sheaths. The findings, reported ...
May 5, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers uncover new clues to origins of the most common pediatric kidney cancer
While Wilms tumor—also known as nephroblastoma—is rare, it is the most prevalent childhood kidney cancer. Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have now pinpointed a disruption in early kidney progenitor cell ...
May 1, 2023
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Neuroscience
Identification of tunnels connecting neurons in the developing brain
Over a hundred years after the discovery of the neuron by neuroanatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, scientists continue to deepen their knowledge of the brain and its development.
Apr 19, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers discover missing link between risk genes associated with Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be divided into rare early onset familial AD (fAD) and common late onset sporadic AD (sAD) that impairs the memory and cognitive functions of older people worldwide.
Apr 14, 2023
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Cardiology
Research team delivers a new first in heart failure treatment using cell therapy
Physician-scientists at The Texas Heart Institute announced today the results of the largest cell therapy trial to date in patients with chronic heart failure due to low ejection fraction. The therapy benefited patients by ...
Feb 27, 2023
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