Regenerating damaged nerves with 'Pac-Man' cells
Biomedical engineers have found an unlikely ally in the struggle to regrow damaged nerves—the foot soldiers of the body's immune system.
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Biomedical engineers have found an unlikely ally in the struggle to regrow damaged nerves—the foot soldiers of the body's immune system.
Jun 12, 2017
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Cold can hurt. The onset of inflammation following an injury or as a result of disease can heighten pain response to cold, just as it can for pressure and heat sensitivity.
Apr 11, 2016
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While most Down syndrome research has focused on the brain, a new report by Johns Hopkins University biologists uncovers how the disorder hampers a separate part of the nervous system that plays a key role in health and longevity.
Dec 14, 2015
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It's a question that seems to offer tantalizing hope to those suffering from vision impairment. Why is it that when the optic nerve is damaged—either through trauma or disease—few of its neurons survive and fewer still ...
May 5, 2015
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found that a growth factor can regenerate damaged peripheral nerves without causing the growth of new blood vessels—making it a unique candidate ...
Nov 17, 2014
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A is the most common inherited disease affecting the peripheral nervous system. Researchers from the Department of Neurogenetics at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine and University ...
Aug 26, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Concerned about the effect of stress on your health and well-being? If your answer is "yes," then Arizona State University professor Doug Granger is doing research that could impact you. Granger is pioneering ...
Oct 2, 2013
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Transplantation of human stem cells in an experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison improved survival and muscle function in rats used to model ALS, a nerve disease that destroys nerve control of muscles, ...
May 28, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Multiple sclerosis, a brain disease that affects over 400,000 Americans, causes movement difficulties and many neurologic symptoms. MS has two key elements: The nerves that direct muscular movement lose ...
Feb 6, 2013
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Johns Hopkins scientists have found a surprising mechanism that gives male sex hormones like testosterone control over the gender-specific absence or presence of mammary gland nerves that sense the amount of milk available ...
Dec 6, 2012
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