When Emelyne Heluin of France was diagnosed at the age of 17 with a hormonal disorder that causes enlarged ovaries with cysts, her symptoms included weight gain, hair loss, fatigue and pain. She was forced to quit her longtime ...
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Peripheral neural spread (PNS) is a specific mode of cancerous invasion where tumor cells utilize nerves as pathways for local extension. This phenomenon is particularly significant in the realm of head and neck malignancies ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Toronto's Tanz Center for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases have used novel techniques to uncover which subtypes of brain cells express genetic material that produces tau, a key protein ...
Aug 28, 2023
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Scientists in Montreal have identified a key mechanism involved in the growth of nerve cells that are critical to mediate binocular vision, which allows people to see the world in three dimensions.
Aug 28, 2023
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Glaucoma and macular degeneration cause blindness in millions of people every year. Hundreds of genes have been implicated for increasing susceptibility to the diseases, and such genes are often starting points for therapies ...
Aug 28, 2023
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Nerve cells that sense touch grow the appropriate endings for hairy or hairless skin based on cues from the skin itself, rather than through predetermined programming, according to research led by Harvard Medical School scientists ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS). In Germany, more than 280,000 people are affected. In most cases, MS progresses in relapses, which occur completely irregularly ...
Aug 22, 2023
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Much like young children who swiftly acquire languages in their early years, our visual system also has a "critical period" during the first few years of life where rapid development occurs. After this time, changes become ...
Aug 17, 2023
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown in lab-based experiments that variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can affect the blood-brain barrier and damage brain cells in different ways. This ...
Aug 7, 2023
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A team of medical scientists at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, working with a colleague from the Army Medical University and another from the Luzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital, has found ...
