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Gene's novel role may provide key to treating liver and neurodegenerative diseases
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Scientists at Singapore's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) have made a novel discovery about how the gene, "Fas-apoptosis inhibitory molecule" (FAIM), protects both immune and liver cells from apoptosis, or programmed ...
Parkinson's: Neurons destroyed by 3 simultaneous strikes
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Apr 29, 2009 |
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In a study that reveals the clearest picture to date of neuron death in Parkinson's disease, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have found that a trio of culprits acting in concert is responsible for killing ...
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Genetics of ALS progression
Jun 01, 2008 |
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An upcoming paper in the June 1 issue of G&D, from Drs. Hidenori Ichijo and Hideki Nishitoh (University of Tokyo) and colleagues, lends new and valuable insight into the genetics of ALS.
Huntington's disease deciphered
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 14, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered how the mutated huntingtin gene acts on the nervous system to create the devastation of Huntington's disease. The report of their findings ...
Toward an effective treatment for a major hereditary disease
Oct 13, 2008 |
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Scientists are reporting a key advance toward developing the first effective drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease that involves motor neuron loss and occurs in 1 out of every 6,000 births. SMA ...
Study: Brain cells have death system
Mar 02, 2006 |
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Harvard Medical School scientists in Boston announced Wednesday they have identified a protein that directly regulates cell death in the brain.
The good and the bad of a potential Alzheimer's target
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Research in fruit flies has shown that enhancing the production of a protein called neprilysin can reduce the formation of plaques and neuron death associated with Alzheimer's, at the expense of reducing the flies' lifespan.
Tiny but toxic: Researchers discover a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Tiny, toxic protein particles severely disrupt neurotransmission and inhibit delivery of key proteins in Alzheimer's disease, two separate studies by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) researchers have found.
Motor neuron disease and toxic substances: Possible link?
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Motor neuron disease is a rare, devastating illness in which nerve cells that carry brain signals to muscles gradually deteriorate. One form of it, Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), is familiar ...
Decoy pill saves brain cells
Jan 31, 2007 |
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Tricking a key enzyme can soothe over-excited receptors in the brain, say neuroscientists, calling this a possible strategy against stroke, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Calcium is spark of life, kiss of death for nerve cells
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Oregon Health & Science University research shows how calcium regulates the recharging of high-frequency auditory nerve cells after they've fired a burst of signals, and it may have implications for neurological disorders.
Cell's split personality is a major discovery into neurological diseases
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May 07, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Université de Montreal (UdeM) and the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University have discovered that cells which normally support nerve cell (neuron) survival also play an active and ...
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