News tagged with nerve growth
New drug doesn't improve disability among stroke patients
A new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn't improve disability among stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Feb 03, 2012 |
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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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Physicists 'turn signals' for neuron growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new paper scheduled for publication in the January issue of Nature Photonics describes the use of spinning microparticles to direct the growth of nerve fiber, a discovery that could allow ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Control by the matrix: Researchers decipher the role of proteins in the cell environment
How astrocytes, certain cells of the nervous system, are generated was largely unknown up to now. Bochum's researchers have now investigated what influence the cell environment, known as the extracellular ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Regrowing blood vessels with a potent molecule
(Medical Xpress) -- Ever since the Nobel Prize for nerve growth factor was awarded more than 30 years ago, researchers have been searching for ways to use growth factor clinically.
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Common spinal fusion product shown to be harmful
(Medical Xpress) -- The risk of complications associated with a bone growth factor commonly used in spinal fusion surgeries is estimated to be at least 10 to 50 times greater than previously reported in industry-sponsored ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Ketamine helps see how the brain works in clinical depression
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Nature, Lisa Monteggia from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center looks at how the drug ketamine, typically used as an anesthetic or a popular recreational drug f ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Guiding light: how the brain gets wired for stereo vision
(Medical Xpress) -- Nerve cells that transmit light signals from the eye into the brain use a molecule best known for its role in blood vessel growth as a ‘stepping stone’ to help them reach the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Improved recovery of motor function after stroke
After the acute treatment window closes, the only effective treatment for stroke is physical/occupational therapy. Now scientists from Children's Hospital Boston report a two-pronged molecular therapy that leads to significant ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Study suggests statins may prevent diabetic-related blindness
New University of Georgia research has found that a statin drug that is often known by the brand-name Lipitor may help prevent blindness in people with diabetes.
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Biologists gain new insights into brain circuit wiring
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neurobiologists at UC San Diego have discovered new ways by which nerves are guided to grow in highly directed ways to wire the brain during embryonic development.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Researchers reverse stroke damage by jumpstarting nerve fibers
A new technique that jumpstarts the growth of nerve fibers could reverse much of the damage caused by strokes, researchers report in the Jan. 7, 2011 issue of the journal Stroke.
Dec 07, 2010 |
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A turn-off for cancer: Scientists discover an ancient 'switch' in plants that could halt cancer metastasis
Although plants and animals are very different organisms, they share a surprising number of biological mechanisms. A plant biologist at Tel Aviv University says that one of these mechanisms may be the answer ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Mannitol boosts effectiveness of potential cord blood treatment for cerebral palsy in lab animals
The sugar-alcohol compound mannitol improved the therapeutic effectiveness of human umbilical cord blood cells injected into neonatal rat models of cerebral palsy, reports a new international study led by ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Gene therapy boosts recovery from heart attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gene therapy could be an effective way to improve survival rates among heart attack patients, new research by academics at the University of Bristol suggests.
Apr 01, 2010 |
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