Neuroscientists of the University of Zurich shed a new light on the mechanisms responsible for familial migraine: They show that a genetic dysfunction in specific brain cells of the cingulate cortex area strongly influences ...
Jun 24, 2020
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Two Curtin research studies have found the excessive consumption of energy drinks, even sugar-free varieties, can cause significant damage to brain cells and increase the risks of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes.
May 17, 2021
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A drug candidate developed by Salk researchers, and previously shown to slow aging in brain cells, successfully reversed memory loss in a mouse model of inherited Alzheimer's disease. The new research, published online in ...
Aug 4, 2020
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A large team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in the U.S., France and Spain has found that the drug plitidepsin worked better at treating COVID-19 than did remdesivir in a lab setting. In their paper ...
Although the pathology of the respiratory system is the main impact of COVID-19, many patients also manifest important neurological symptoms, such as loss of smell (anosmia), headaches, malaise, cognitive loss, epilepsy, ...
Jan 9, 2023
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p53 is one of the most important proteins in cancer biology. Often referred to as a "guardian of the genome," p53 becomes activated in response to various cellular stressors like DNA damage. Its activation induces different ...
Jul 12, 2022
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Research led by investigators at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center provides new hope for recovery from degenerative neurological diseases—such as ALS and multiple sclerosis—as well as from damage caused ...
Oct 26, 2020
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Patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis experience an either recurring or permanent inflammation of their pancreas. "In many cases, people develop this disease because they are drinking too much alcohol or they are smoking ...
May 13, 2020
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Researchers around the world have been working for years on developing vaccines against different types of cancer, but without much success. Now, Tufts School of Engineering researchers think they have found one that does ...
Aug 16, 2022
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Pain is an important alarm system that alerts us to tissue damage and prompts us to withdraw from harmful situations. Pain is expected to subside as injuries heal, but many patients experience persistent pain long after recovery. ...
Aug 31, 2022
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