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A University of Alberta researcher is one step closer to demonstrating the potential of a brain molecule called fractalkine to halt and even reverse the effects of multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Jan 24, 2023
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A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has linked the mutation that causes Huntington's disease to developmental deficits in the brain's oligodendrocyte cells that are caused by changes in metabolism. ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have discovered that the energy management of inhibitory brain cells is different than that of excitatory cells in our brain. Why is that the case and what is the ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Scientists have discovered that immune cells, known as microglia, help maintain the health of myelin—the insulating layer that forms around nerve cells—which is important for nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to function ...
Dec 14, 2022
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The cancer therapy known as CAR-T has revolutionized treatment of some blood cancers since it was introduced in 2017. The therapy uses genetically altered immune cells to home in on cancer cells and destroy them.
Dec 6, 2022
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Seizures tend to get progressively worse over time in people with epilepsy, and a new study in mice suggests why that might be the case.
Dec 5, 2022
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There's new hope for the future treatment of some leukodystrophies, neurodegenerative diseases in young children that progressively affect their quality of life, often leading to death before adulthood.
Dec 2, 2022
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It's well known that carrying one copy of the APOE4 gene variant increases one's risk for Alzheimer's disease threefold and two copies about tenfold, but the fundamental reasons why and what can be done to help patients remain ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Blood stem cell transplantation is a radical but highly effective therapy for multiple sclerosis. A study led by the University of Zurich has now examined in detail the way in which the treatment curbs the autoimmune disease ...
Nov 10, 2022
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Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered a new way the brain processes and communicates information that could lead to improved learning in those suffering neurological disorders ...
Nov 2, 2022
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