Medical research
Is the first cure for advanced rabies near?
Rabies virus is incurable and almost always fatal once it has invaded the central nervous system, with the victim doomed to suffer a horrible death.
Sep 28, 2023
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EMBO Molecular Medicine
Medical research
Study opens new frontier for research into neurodevelopmental disorder
An international team led by a newly appointed Canada Research Chair at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine has shed light on the underlying mechanisms of a mysterious brain abnormality that occurs during human ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Genetics
New insights into the development of Parkinson's disease in the brain might open the doors to new therapies
Parkinson's disease, characterized by various motor dysfunctions, is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the world. It is known that specific gene mutations that are passed down through families are responsible ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Genetics
Novel gene therapy significantly reduces hearing loss linked to rare disease in mouse model
An international team led by researchers at UCL and the NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre have developed in mice a gene therapy that significantly reduces the hearing loss associated with Norrie ...
Aug 29, 2023
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Immunology
Persistent T cells identified in the muscles of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
In the first study of its kind, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and rheumatologists at Karolinska Sjukhuset have characterized T cells in the muscle tissue of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. They show ...
Aug 14, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
New liquid biopsy method offers potential for non-invasive Parkinson's disease testing
A team led by researchers at Purdue University and Purdue spinoff company Tymora Analytical Operations has developed a technique that may reveal signs of Parkinson's disease in urine samples.
May 16, 2023
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Neuroscience
Boosting 'cold shock' protein in the brain without cooling protects mice against neurodegenerative disease
Scientists in Cambridge and Berlin have used a form of gene therapy to increase levels of the so-called "cold shock protein" in the brains of mice, protecting them against the potentially devastating impact of prion disease.
Mar 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
How tumors transform blood vessels
Increasingly dense cell clusters in growing tumors convert blood vessels into fiber-filled channels. This makes immune cells less effective, as findings by researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Strasbourg suggest. ...
Mar 17, 2023
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Medical research
Researchers propose biomarkers to select breast cancer patients who could benefit from denosumab treatment
The drug denosumab is currently used to treat osteoporosis and bone metastases. For more than a decade, its potential therapeutic benefit in the treatment of breast cancer has also been studied. However, due to conflicting ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Neuroscience
Professor uses tracer molecules to shine a light on Alzheimer's research
"Even though I'm a professor now, I still spend a lot of time in the lab, as I know that when I'm at the microscope, working hands on, that's when I get the new ideas," says Peter Nilsson, professor of organic chemistry at ...
Jan 25, 2023
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