Neuroscience
Cell study may aid bid for motor neurone therapies
The quest for treatments for motor neurone disease, spinal cord injury and strokes could be helped by new research that shows how key cells are produced.
Feb 28, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Major trial gives hope to motor neurone disease sufferers
Patients suffering from a devastating disease are being given fresh hope through an innovative trial being led by the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Feb 9, 2012
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Medical research
Disease progression halted in rat model of Lou Gehrig's disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) is an incurable adult neurodegenerative disorder that progresses to paralysis and death. Genetic mutations are the cause of disease in 5% of patients ...
Dec 12, 2011
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Neuroscience
The implications of disease coexistence
In order to better counsel patients, it is key for clinicians of different disciplines to be aware of, and diagnose, the 'overlap syndrome' between two medical disorders - ALS and FTD - since it significantly affects patient ...
Nov 29, 2011
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Neuroscience
Stanford joins BrainGate team developing brain-computer interface to aid people with paralysis
(Medical Xpress) -- Stanford University researchers are enrolling participants in a pioneering study investigating the feasibility of people with paralysis using a technology that interfaces directly with the brain to control ...
Nov 14, 2011
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Medical research
Long-term correction of severe spinal muscular atrophy by antisense therapy
A new study from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) reports surprising results that suggest that the devastating neuromuscular disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), might not exclusively affect the motor neurons in the ...
Oct 5, 2011
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Neuroscience
Researchers find new insight into spinal muscular atrophy
Researchers at the University of Missouri have identified a communication breakdown between nerves and muscles in mice that may provide new insight into the debilitating and fatal human disease known as spinal muscular atrophy ...
Sep 26, 2011
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Genetics
Welsh-Finnish link pinpoints important new familial motor neuron disease gene
Families suffering from a history of motor neuron disease have helped an international scientific team locate a new gene linked to the incurable disease.
Sep 21, 2011
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Genetics
Two genes that cause familial ALS shown to work together
Although several genes have been linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it is still unknown how they cause this progressive neurodegenerative disease. In a new study, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers ...
Sep 1, 2011
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Medical research
Scientists achieve breakthrough in growth hormone research
Researchers in the School of Biomedical Sciences at The University of Queensland (UQ) have made a ground-breaking discovery in the study of growth hormone.
Jun 17, 2011
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