Justin Bieber: what is Ramsay Hunt syndrome, the condition affecting the singer?
Justin Bieber has had to cancel future concert dates because of a viral infection that has paralysed one side of his face.
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Justin Bieber has had to cancel future concert dates because of a viral infection that has paralysed one side of his face.
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The nervous system is known to communicate with the immune system and regulate inflammation in the body. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now show how electrical activation of a specific nerve can promote healing ...
May 31, 2022
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A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University in Sweden found that oligodendrocytes, a cell type in the central nervous system known to be targeted in multiple sclerosis (MS), arise in the human ...
May 06, 2022
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A new study shows the existence of a connection between atherosclerotic plaques and the central nervous system. This previously unknown "circuit" involves three systemically acting tissues, the immune system, the nervous ...
Apr 27, 2022
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The brain is able to detect and regulate localized or systemic inflammation by using two communication pathways. The first, humoral, makes use of specific brain structures that enable circulating inflammatory mediators to ...
Apr 19, 2022
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A scientific team supported by the National Institutes of Health has created a tiny, bioengineered 3D model that mimics the biology of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and multifocal motor neuropathy, a pair ...
Apr 19, 2022
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A team of researchers at Atara Biotherapeutics has conducted a small Phase I clinical trial of a therapeutic called ATA188 that targets Epstein-Barr infections (EBV) as a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Representatives ...
The immune system's white blood cells, which are produced in the bone marrow, mostly help to defend against bacteria and injury, but sometimes they can turn against the body—for example, in cardiovascular disease, their ...
Mar 29, 2022
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How the 'second brain' – the enteric nervous system in our gut—communicates with our first brain has been one of the most challenging questions faced by enteric neuroscientists, until now.
Mar 23, 2022
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MS Awareness Week will be observed March 13-19, which makes this a good time to learn about multiple sclerosis, or MS.
Mar 15, 2022
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