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Drug prevents multiple sclerosis relapses in phase 3 trial
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Drug prevents multiple sclerosis relapses in phase 3 trial

by University of California, San Francisco A newly completed phase 3, multicenter clinical trial has found that an immune-modulating drug can silence inflammatory disease activity in a large majority of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS)—the most common form of the illness, in which symptoms wax and wane. MS is an autoimmune disease in which...

Advanced MRI scans may improve treatment of tremor, Parkinson’s disease
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Advanced MRI scans may improve treatment of tremor, Parkinson’s disease

by UT Southwestern Medical Center Diffusion tractography uses the movement of water molecules to identify tracts that connect different parts of the brain. It can be used to pinpoint the part of the thalamus to treat with focused ultrasound. Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center Recently developed MRI techniques used to more precisely target a small...

Noise disturbs the brain’s compass
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Noise disturbs the brain’s compass

by German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Our sense of direction tends to decline with age. In the scientific journal Nature Communications, researchers from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and experts from the U.S. report on new insights into the causes of this phenomenon. According to their findings, the main source of errors in...

Revealed: two men in China were first to receive pioneering stem-cell treatment for heart-disease
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Revealed: two men in China were first to receive pioneering stem-cell treatment for heart-disease

Two men in China were the first people in the world to receive an experimental treatment for heart disease based on ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells and have recovered successfully one year later, says the cardiac surgeon who performed the procedures. In May last year, the men were injected with heart muscle cells derived from induced pluripotent...

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THE CORONAVIRUS HAS ALREADY MUTATED INTO 30+ STRAINS

BY DAN ROBITZSKI / APRIL 21 2020 New research suggests that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, could have already mutated into more than 30 separate strains. The study found that different strains can generate vastly different levels of viral load as others, the South China Morning Post reports, making them far more dangerous. One...

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Vitamin D increases protection against infection, new model suggests

Oregon State University researchers have led the development of a new model for studying vitamin D’s role in infection prevention, and tests using the model suggest that vitamin D treatment can dramatically reduce the number of disease-causing bacteria in skin wounds. In addition to shedding light on infection-prevention potential, the study is important because it...