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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Physicians at Jefferson Hospital to Use New Immunotherapy on Brain Tumor Patients
Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (JHN) physicians are tackling a particularly aggressive brain cancer that even surgery, chemotherapy and radiation often fail to treat with a promising new immunotherapy to attack a patient’s tumor with their own …
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Monday, December 19, 2011
New Drug Candidate May Halt Decline of Alzheimer’s Sufferers
The drug, referred to as J147, improved memory and prevented brain damage caused by the disease when given to mice with Alzheimer’s. Developed by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the compound could be tested for treatment of …
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Magnetic Stimulation of the Brain May Aid in Recovery of Certain Stroke Patients
Magnetic stimulation of the nerve cells in the brain may speed up recovery from hemispatial neglect, a condition in which patients wake up and are unable to see or recognize anything on the left side of their bodies, according to a new study. The findings …
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Researchers Discover Hyper-active Protein in the Brain
According to researchers, 40–60 percent of a common but deadly type of brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have mutations in a gene that encodes a protein known as an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). These mutations result in hyper …
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Widespread Brain Atrophy Detected in Cognitively Impaired Parkinson’s Patients
Atrophy in the hippocampus, the region of the brain known for memory formation and storage, is evident in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients who have cognitive impairment, including early decline known as mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to …
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Researchers Design Antibodies Aimed at Combatting Alzheimer’s
Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., have developed a new method for designing antibodies that are aimed at combating disease. The surprisingly simple process was used to produce antibodies that neutralize the harmful protein …
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The Brain on Trial: Neuroscience and the Law
How insights about the brain affect the course of a criminal trial, from the arguments in a courtroom to the issuing of a sentence, was the topic of the Fred Kavli Public Symposium, held recently at the Society for Neuroscience's “Neuroscience …
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Ecstasy Drug Can Cause Chronic Changes in the Brain
Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered that recreational use of Ecstasy — the illegal “rave” drug that causes feelings of euphoria and emotional warmth — is associated with chronic changes in the human brain. The findings, reported …
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Study Shows That Multiple Sclerosis May Start in Brain’s Outer Layers
Multiple sclerosis (MS) may progress from the outermost layers of the brain to its deep parts and isn’t always an inside-out process, as previously thought, according to a collaborative study from researchers at the Mayo and Cleveland clinics. It’ …
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Researchers Create First Realistic 3D Diagram of the Brain’s Cortical Column
Researchers from the lab of Nobel Laureate Bert Sakmann, MD, PhD, at the Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) say they have created the first realistic 3D diagram of a thalamocortical column in the rodent brain through the use of a conceptually new approach …
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