News tagged with childhood brain
New model of childhood brain cancer establishes first step to personalized treatment
Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) developed a new mouse model for studying a devastating childhood brain cancer called medulloblastoma. The animal model mimics the ...
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Rigged to explode? Inherited mutation links exploding chromosomes to cancer
An inherited mutation in a gene known as the guardian of the genome is likely the link between exploding chromosomes and some particularly aggressive types of cancer, scientists at the European Molecular Biology ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Treatment of common virus can reduce tumour growth
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to inhibit the growth of brain tumours by treating the common Cytomegalovirus (CMV). The virus, which is found in a wide ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Gene replacement treats copper deficiency disorder in mice
(Medical Xpress) -- Gene therapy plus an injection of copper dramatically improved survival in mice with a condition that mimics the often fatal childhood disorder Menkes disease, according to a study by researchers ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Researchers identify possible trigger point of epileptic seizures
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a brain-circuit defect that triggers absence seizures, the most common form of childhood epilepsy.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Developmental disease is recreated in an adult model
A new study published today in the journal Science has shown that the childhood disorder Rett syndrome, can be reestablished in adult animals by "switching off" a critical disease causing gene in healthy adult animals. The g ...
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Childhood music lessons may provide lifelong boost in brain functioning
Those childhood music lessons could pay off decades later - even for those who no longer play an instrument – by keeping the mind sharper as people age, according to a preliminary study published by the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 20, 2011 |
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The changing roles of 2 hemispheres in stroke recovery
Most people who survive a stroke recover some degree of their motor, sensory and cognitive functions over the following months and years. This recovery is commonly believed to reflect a reorganisation of the central nervous ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Different origins discovered for medulloblastoma tumor subtypes
Investigators have demonstrated for the first time that the most common malignant childhood brain tumor, medulloblastoma, is actually several different diseases, each arising from distinct cells destined to become different ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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New test will revolutionise the treatment of childhood cancer
A test which will revolutionise the approach to tackling childhood cancer and improve the quality of life for hundreds of sufferers, has been given approval to be introduced across Europe.
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Test-tube kids and cancer? Method unlikely a cause
(AP) -- For the first time, a large study suggests a higher rate of childhood cancer among test-tube babies, but researchers say the reason probably has nothing to do with how the infants were conceived.
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Childhood malnutrition could weaken brain function in elderly
Malnutrition early in life appears to diminish brain function in older adulthood, according to a study led by a Michigan State University researcher that has implications for many poor, developing nations.
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Stress causes poor mental health in parents of kids with cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hospital appointments, invasive procedures and the uncertainty of their child's situation combine to produce severe stress in parents of children with cancer.
May 25, 2010 |
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Survivors of childhood cancers 4 times more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder
Young adult survivors of childhood cancers are four times more likely to develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than their control group siblings, a Childhood Cancer Survivors Study has found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 03, 2010 |
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Childhood stress such as abuse or emotional neglect can result in structural brain changes
New research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows that childhood stress such as abuse or emotional neglect, in particular when combined with genetic factors, can result in structural brain changes, rendering these ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 25, 2010 |
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