News tagged with schwann cells
To fix diabetic nerve damage, blood vessels and support cells may be the real targets of treatment
Blood vessels and supporting cells appear to be pivotal partners in repairing nerves ravaged by diabetic neuropathy, and nurturing their partnership with nerve cells might make the difference between success and failure in ...
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Mystery solved: Facial cancer decimating Tasmanian devils likely began in Schwann cells
An international team of scientists led by a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) investigator has discovered that the deadly facial tumors decimating Australia's Tasmanian devil population probably originated ...
Dec 31, 2009 |
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Protein identified as critical to insulating the body's wiring could also become treatment target
A new protein identified as critical to insulating the wiring that connects the brain and body could one day be a treatment target for divergent diseases, from rare ones that lower the pain threshold to cancer, ...
May 19, 2009 |
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Breathing restored after spinal cord injury
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine bridged a spinal cord injury and biologically regenerated lost nerve connections to the diaphragm, restoring breathing in an adult rodent model of spinal cord ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Scientists find gene vital to nerve cell development
(Medical Xpress) -- The body’s ability to perform simple tasks like flex muscles or feel heat, cold and pain depends, in large part, on myelin, an insulating layer of fats and proteins that speeds the ...
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Scientists link protein to the insulation of the nervous system's wiring
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have pinpointed a crucial function for a key player in the development of the nervous system. They found that this player – a protein called Erk – is ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 27, 2011 |
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The Medical Minute: Acoustic neuromas -- benign but lethal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Have you had a gradual hearing loss in one ear? Have you noticed worsening ringing in one ear? Do you find yourself getting dizzy or feeling off-balance just standing still? Have you “switched ears” ...
Oct 13, 2010 |
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How injured nerves grow themselves back
Unlike nerves of the spinal cord, the peripheral nerves that connect our limbs and organs to the central nervous system have an astonishing ability to regenerate themselves after injury. Now, a new report in the October 1st ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Nerves under control
The proper transmission of nerve signals along body nerves requires an insulation layer, named myelin sheath. To be efficient this sheath is designed to have a certain thickness and Swiss researchers from ...
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May 12, 2010 |
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Research into stem cells of adults stirs hopes
A year after President Barack Obama eased restrictions on research into embryonic stem cells and pledged billions in new stimulus money for it, researchers are almost giddy with enthusiasm about progress in the field. They're ...
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Cell transplants may benefit children with cerebral palsy
A unique cell type that supports and surrounds (ensheathes) neurons within the nose (olfactory system) known as olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), possess the ability to regenerate, are relatively easy to obtain, and have ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Tumor mechanism identified
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth (UK), the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Cornell University in New York, Weil Medical College in New York and the Center for Neural Tumour Research ...
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Dead neuron clean-up crew in peripheral nervous system found
(PhysOrg.com) -- Death is messy, especially in the developing nervous system. During embryonic development, more nerve cells (neurons) are produced than we will ever need or use. About half of those unnecessary ...
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Jan 29, 2010 |
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