Medical research
Science sees future beyond Paralympics
Imagine a future with no sporting events for paralysed people. A future in which there is no need, as all the would-be competitors will have been cured.
Mar 6, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New evidence shows how chronic stress predisposes brain to mental disorders
(Medical Xpress)—University of California, Berkeley, researchers have shown that chronic stress generates long-term changes in the brain that may explain why people suffering chronic stress are prone to mental problems ...
Feb 11, 2014
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Medical research
Human embryonic stem cells induced to spontaneously form cortical tissue
During development, the nervous system forms as a flat sheet called the neuroepithelium on the outer layer of the embryo. This sheet eventually folds in on itself to form a neural tube that gives rise to the brain and spinal ...
Feb 7, 2014
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Medical research
Stem cell replacement for common age-related blindness
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most frequent cause of blindness. Scientists at the Department of Ophthalmology at the Bonn University Hospital and from the Neural Stem Cell Institute in New York (USA) have ...
Jan 13, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Stem cell research identifies new gene targets in patients with Alzheimer's disease
Scientists at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute in collaboration with scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) successfully generated a stem cell model of familial Alzheimer's ...
Jan 8, 2014
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Cardiology
Human neural stem cells could meet the clinical problem of critical limb ischemia
New research has shown human neural stem cells could improve blood flow in critical limb ischemia through the growth of new vessels. Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a disease that severely obstructs arteries and reduces the ...
Nov 25, 2013
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Neuroscience
Rare disease yields clues about broader brain pathology
(Medical Xpress)—Alexander disease is a devastating brain disease that almost nobody has heard of—unless someone in the family is afflicted with it. Alexander disease strikes young or old, and in children destroys white ...
Nov 21, 2013
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Medical research
Study points to possible treatment for brain disorders
Clemson University scientists are working to determine how neurons are generated, which is vital to providing treatment for neurological disorders like Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC).
Oct 22, 2013
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Genetics
Research reveals gene 'language' critical in infant brain development
In what they're calling a 'biological surprise', a team of expert international geneticists led by a University of Otago researcher have discovered a key piece of information about how the human brain is put together and ...
Oct 14, 2013
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Neuroscience
Maintenance mechanism that prevents stem cells aging discovered
A team of researchers at the Molecular Neurobiology Unit of the University of Valencia, led by Professor of Cell Biology Isabel Fariñas, just published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, the results of a research that may ...
Oct 10, 2013
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