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New, ‘robust’ treatment for stroke uses genetic material from bone marrow 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
In the latest in a series of experiments testing the use of stem cells to treat neurological disease, researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have shown for the first time that microscopic material in the ...
Study provides strongest clues to date for causes of schizophrenia 25 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
A new genome-wide association study (GWAS) estimates the number of different places in the human genome that are involved in schizophrenia. In particular, the study identifies 22 locations, including...
Single injection may revolutionize melanoma treatment, Moffitt study shows 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
A new study at Moffitt Cancer Center could offer hope to people with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Researchers are investigating whether an injectable known as PV-10 can shrink tumors a...
First pre-clinical gene therapy study to reverse Rett symptoms 20 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
The concept behind gene therapy is simple: deliver a healthy gene to compensate for one that is mutated. New research published today in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests this approach may eventual...
Ingredient in turmeric spice when combined with anti-nausea drug kills cancer cells 20 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
In a laboratory, preclinical study recently published by the journal Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers combined structural features fr...
UCLA study suggests iron is at core of Alzheimer’s disease 20 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Alzheimer’s disease has proven to be a difficult enemy to defeat. After all, aging is the No. 1 risk factor for the disorder, and there’s no stopping that. Most researchers believe the disease is cau...
Experts describe ways to eliminate wasteful medical tests and procedures 19 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Medical organizations are participating in a campaign to help clinicians and patients avoid wasteful and sometimes harmful medical interventions. Recently, experts in pediatric and adult health from d...
Novel Chinese herbal medicine JSK improves spinal cord injury outcomes in rats 19 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
A new study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that Chinese herbal medicine Ji-Sui-Kang (JSK), given systemically for three weeks after injury in rats, improved locomotor...
Copper identified as culprit in Alzheimer’s disease 19 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and enhance the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by preventing the clearance and accelerating the accumulation of to...
Major study links aging gene to blood cancer 18 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
A gene that helps control the ageing process by acting as a cell’s internal clock has been linked to cancer by a major new study. Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, found a genet...
