Neuroscience
The neurological basis for fear and memory
Fear conditioning using sound and taste aversion, as applied to mice, have revealed interesting information on the basis of memory allocation.
Jun 18, 2012
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Neuroscience
Manipulation of a specific neural circuit buried in complicated brain networks in primates
A collaborative research team led by Professor Tadashi ISA from The National Institute for Physiological Sciences, The National Institutes of Natural Sciences and Fukushima Medical University and Kyoto University, developed ...
Jun 17, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Study using stem cell therapy shows promise in fight against HIV
UC Davis Health System researchers are a step closer to launching human clinical trials involving the use of an innovative stem cell therapy to fight the virus that causes AIDS.
May 2, 2012
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Cardiology
Transforming scar tissue into beating hearts: The next instalment
The latest research developments to reprogram scar tissue resulting from myocardial infarction (MI) into viable heart muscle cells, were presented at the Frontiers in CardioVascular Biology (FCVB) 2012 meeting, held 30 March ...
Apr 1, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
UC San Diego among first in nation to treat brain cancer with novel viral vector
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center researchers and surgeons are among the first in the nation to treat patients with recurrent brain cancer by directly injecting an investigational viral vector into their tumor. The treatment ...
Mar 1, 2012
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Genetics
Gene therapy research cures retinitis pigmentosa in dogs
Members of a University of Pennsylvania research team have shown that they can prevent, or even reverse, a blinding retinal disease, X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, or XLRP, in dogs.
Jan 23, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Can nerve growth factor gene therapy prevent diabetic heart disease?
Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and can reduce blood supply to the heart tissue and damage cardiac cells, resulting in heart failure. New research has investigated if nerve growth factor (NGF) gene ...
Dec 20, 2011
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Ophthalmology
Ohio State researchers design a viral vector to treat a genetic form of blindness
Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a viral vector designed to deliver a gene into the eyes of people born with an inherited, progressive form of blindness ...
Nov 2, 2011
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Genetics
Advances in delivery of therapeutic genes to treat brain tumors
Novel tools and methods for delivering therapeutic genes to cells in the central nervous system hold great promise for the development of new treatments to combat incurable neurologic diseases. Five of the most exciting developments ...
Jun 27, 2011
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Medical research
NIH grant for the move toward clinical trials targeting the lysosomal storage disease MPSIIIB
Investigators at Nationwide Children's have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help move a therapy for MPS IIIB that has been shown effective in mice toward clinical trials in humans.
May 25, 2011
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