Many mature oligos. Queen’s University Belfast scientists have discovered that specific cells from the immune system are key players in brain repair — a fundamental breakthrough that could revolutionise the treatment of debilitating neurological disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The research study, led by Dr Yvonne Dombrowski and Dr Denise Fitzgerald at the Wellcome-Wolfson...
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The researchers discovered an unexpected link between cancer and autism
SHANK regulates adhesion and protrusion in very different cell types: cancer cells and neurons. Image taken by Dr Guillaume Jacquemet reveals the distinct morphologies of neurons and cancer cells. On the right: Primary Rat hippocampal …more Researchers from Turku Centre for Biotechnology have observed that a protein called SHANK prevents the spread of breast cancer...
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Molecule discovery may lead to new drugs for brain and spinal cord injury
A new study reveals that a small molecule produced by a fungus may stimulate the regeneration of axons – the slender, “thread-like projections that carry electrical signals” between nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The researchers believe that the discovery could lead to much needed new drugs that repair damage to the central...
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Your brain has 100 times more computing power than you thought: Groundbreaking study finds ten times more activity than expected
Study on dendrites found that they are not passive conduits as typically believed Instead, these components of neurons are electrically active in moving animals The brain was found to be 10 times more active than previously thought Large volume of dendrites means brain could have 100x the computing capacity Scientists have discovered that the brain...
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Never before seen images of early stage Alzheimer’s disease
Images that predate the formation of toxic clumps of beta-amyloid, the protein believed to be at the root of Alzheimer’s disease, have now been captured by researchers. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used the MAX IV synchrotron in Lund — the strongest of its kind in the world — to produce images that...
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How drugs guided by magnets to precise points in the body will change the way stroke patients are treated
Biochemists mixed drugs with magnetic particles to create ‘nanospheres’ These spheres can be directed to precise points in the body and aid illness Delivering the drugs in this way could make them 1,000 times more effective Drugs guided by magnets to zero in on blood clots are set to revolutionise the treatment of stroke and...
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By Law, Hospitals Now Must Tell Medicare Patients When Care Is ‘Observation’ Only
Under a new federal law, hospitals across the country must now alert Medicare patients when they are getting observation care and why they were not admitted — even if they stay in the hospital a few nights. For years, seniors often found out only when they got surprise bills for the services Medicare doesn’t cover for...
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Medications with cosmetic benefits
Good genes only go so far in resisting aging. For those who want to up their arsenal of beauty boosters, there is a range of over-the counter and prescription medications available to fight skin redness, wrinkles and other beauty battles. Researching why the products were manufactured—and how they work—is important to selecting the best option...
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Daylight saving time—why some have a hard time making the switch
For the most part, adjusting our clocks an hour ahead—as we will do this weekend—comes as good news: it is a welcome change from the long, dark winter. Even though a one-hour time change does not sound like something that could do much harm, it can have some alarming effects on the body’s internal clock, which...
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Proof That the Pharma Business Model Actually Wants People Sick
It happens with regularity during citizen open-mike sessions at FDA drug advisory committee hearings. A queue of “patients” materializes out of nowhere to testify, often in tears, about the crucial need for a new drug or new use approval. Some are flown in by Pharma. It can’t be a generic drug, the “patients” cry, because...