Thursday, February 2, 2012
The Development Of Parkinson's Cells Visualized By Researchers
In the US alone, at least 500,000 people suffer from Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to control his or her movement. New technology from the University of Bonn in Germany lets researchers observe the development of the brain cells responsible for the disease. Up until now, research into the brain cells responsible for Parkinson's disease has focused on the function and degeneration of these neurons in the adult and aging brain...
Association Between Heart Failure, Loss Of Brain Cells And A Decline In Mental Processes
Australian researchers have found evidence that heart failure is associated with a decline in people's mental processes and a loss of grey matter in the brain. These changes can make it more difficult for heart failure (HF) patients to remember and carry out instructions such as taking the correct medication at the right times...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Preclinical Study Identifies New Target For Cancer Therapy
Scientists from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) in Brussels identified a new target for cancer therapy, an enzyme which prevents the immune system from recognizing and destroying certain types of tumors. Called tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase or TDO, the enzyme works by depriving immune cells of tryptophan, an amino acid essential to their activity. TDO is produced by a significant number of human tumors. Scientists also show that blocking TDO activity with a novel TDO inhibitor promotes tumor rejection in mice...
New Guidelines To Prevent Infection In Minor Surgery
New guidelines from the Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) aimed at minimising surgical infection in day centres and primary care are now published in the Journal of Hospital Infection...
Dr Oz: Bacopa Extract & Memory Superfoods
Dr Oz: Memory Boosters & Superfoods In this segment, Dr Oz explored the myth that your memory declines as you age. This doesn?t have to be the case, and to prove it, he had Memory Expert and 2 Time Guinness Book of World Record Holder, Dave Farrow, on the show. Dave told Doctor Oz that [...]
Skin Cancer Drug Erivedge Approved
The FDA has approved Erivedge, a once-daily pill that can shrink disfiguring or metastatic basal cell carcinoma (BCC) tumors.
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