Oncology & Cancer
Every month counts: European ALS patients want new drugs
Olivier Goy is running out of time.
Feb 28, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Evidence found of causal link for multisite chronic pain and multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis
Multisite chronic pain is causally associated with a higher risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but not with other autoimmune diseases (AIDs), according to a study published online Feb. 9 in Frontiers ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Neuroscience
What is frontotemporal degeneration?
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Neuroscience
Large-scale generation of muscle-controlling nerve cells from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients
A new Cedars-Sinai study in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the Answer ALS consortium has examined the expression of thousands of genes in stem cell generated motor neurons that are known ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Neuroscience
How the 'construction site' of long term memory gets built in the brain
Think of a new longer-term memory as a construction site inside the brain. The brain's neurons restructure themselves and build or demolish connections with other neurons to store the memory for retrieval when needed.
Feb 6, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Soft robotic wearable restores arm function for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Some 30,000 people in the U.S. are affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in the brain and spinal cord necessary for movement.
Feb 4, 2023
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Neuroscience
Could a viral illness increase chances of developing Alzheimer's or other neurodegenerative disease?
Some viral illnesses may increase a person's chances of later developing Alzheimer's disease or another neurodegenerative disorder. Though a causal link cannot be confirmed, an NIH study in which researchers mined the medical ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Medical research
Transcriptomic analysis of human ALS skeletal muscle reveals a disease-specific pattern of dysregulated circRNAs
A new research paper was published in Aging, entitled, "Transcriptomic analysis of human ALS skeletal muscle reveals a disease-specific pattern of dysregulated circRNAs."
Jan 12, 2023
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Medical research
Looking for an early sign of LATE: New insights into the pathology
Limbic predominate age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy or LATE is a recently recognized form of dementia that affects memory, thinking and social skills. It mimics Alzheimer's disease or AD (and sometimes co-exists with it), ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Neuroscience
New analysis of cellular 'vehicles' drives a deeper understanding of ALS, Alzheimer's
Oregon State University scientists have taken a key step toward better understanding neurodegenerative diseases by using a suite of biophysical techniques to learn more about a motor protein whose malfunction is associated ...
Dec 1, 2022
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