Neuroscience
Near-death brain signaling accelerates demise of the heart
What happens in the moments just before death is widely believed to be a slowdown of the body's systems as the heart stops beating and blood flow ends.
Apr 6, 2015
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Genetics
Genetic discovery may help determine effectiveness of Huntington's disease treatments
A new genetic discovery in the field of Huntington's disease (HD) could mean a more effective way in determining severity of this neurological disease when using specific treatments. This study may provide insight for treatments ...
Mar 2, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene regulatory path revealed as target for therapy of aggressive pediatric brain cancer
Working with cells taken from children with a very rare but ferocious form of brain cancer, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists have identified a genetic pathway that acts as a master regulator of thousands of other ...
Feb 24, 2015
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Medical research
Promising peptide for TBI, heart attack and stroke
Strokes, heart attacks and traumatic brain injuries are separate diseases with certain shared pathologies that achieve a common end - cell death and human injury due to hypoxia, or lack of oxygen. In these diseases, a lack ...
Feb 8, 2015
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Medical research
Scientists find drug candidates can block cell-death pathway associated with Parkinson's
In a pair of related studies, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown their drug candidates can target biological pathways involved in the destruction of brain cells in Parkinson's ...
Jan 27, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Childhood brain tumours linked to parental solvent use
Children born to parents who work with paints, glues and other industrial solvents are more likely to develop brain tumours, WA researchers have found.
Dec 8, 2014
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Diabetes
Muscle relaxant may be viable treatment for Wolfram syndrome—rare form of diabetes
A commonly prescribed muscle relaxant may be an effective treatment for a rare but devastating form of diabetes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.
Nov 24, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
New approach could kill tumor cells in the brain more effectively and avoid side effects
Every year, about 100,000 Americans are diagnosed with brain tumors that have spread from elsewhere in the body. These tumors, known as metastases, are usually treated with surgery followed by chemotherapy, but the cancer ...
Oct 28, 2014
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Neuroscience
Results of medical study of the human mind and consciousness at the time of death
The results of a four-year international study of 2060 cardiac arrest cases across 15 hospitals published and available now.
Oct 7, 2014
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Neuroscience
Dying brain cells cue new brain cells to grow in songbird
Brain cells that multiply to help birds sing their best during breeding season are known to die back naturally later in the year. For the first time researchers have described the series of events that cues new neuron growth ...
Sep 23, 2014
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