News tagged with progranulin
Blood test predicts chance of dementia
VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Belgium) researchers connected to the Born-Bunge Institute and the University of Antwerp discovered the amount of growth factor progranulin in blood is a predictor of Frontotemporal ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Same genes linked to early- and late-onset Alzheimer's disease
The same gene mutations linked to inherited, early-onset Alzheimer's disease have been found in people with the more common late-onset form of the illness.
Feb 01, 2012 |
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More reasons to keep this New Year's weight loss resolution uncovered
Long-term healthy dietary interventions frequently induce a rapid weight decline, mainly in the first four to six months, followed by weight stabilization or regain, despite continued dieting. The partial regain may discourage ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Cancer drug holds promise as first treatment for common, inherited dementia
A drug already approved for people with cancer shows early potential as a therapy for a common form of dementia, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Newly engineered protein has potential for new anti-inflamatory treatment
Researchers from across multiple disciplines at NYU Langone Medical Center created a new protein molecule derived from the growth factor progranulin may provide the basis for new therapies in inflammatory diseases, such as ...
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Scientists describe new model for neurodegeneration
A team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has developed a new model for how inherited genes contribute to a common but untreatable and incurable neurodegenerative disease. ...
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Malaria medication may help against one type of frontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia is caused by a breakdown of nerve cells in the frontal and temporal region of the brain (fronto-temporal lobe), which leads to, among other symptoms, a change in personality and behavior. The cause ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Researchers find gene that protects against dementia in high-risk individuals
Neuroscientists had assumed that a mutation in the progranulin gene, which makes the progranulin protein and supports brain neurons, was sufficient to produce a kind of dementia known as frontotemporal lobar degeneration ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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New insight into dementia pathophysiology
New research unravels a key molecular pathway underlying a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a devastating type of dementia. The study, published by Cell Press in the November 18 issue of the journal Neuron, sheds light ...
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Nov 17, 2010 |
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Researchers open window on a little-studied form of dementia
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University researchers have discovered one of the first tantalizing clues to how frontotemporal dementia (FTD) - often mistaken for Alzheimer's disease - wreaks havoc in the brain.
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Nov 17, 2010 |
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New insight into the cause of common dementia found
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found a clue as to how some people develop a form of dementia that affects the brain areas associated with personality, behavior, and language.
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Nov 17, 2010 |
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