Archive: 06/17/2008
Discovery will assist treatment and research into fatal brain disorder
Research using newly developed Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology could soon allow clinicians to confirm Huntington's disease before symptoms appear in people who have the gene for the fatal brain disease.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Plasmodium vivax -- challenging the dogma of being 'benign'
Plasmodium. vivax can cause severe malaria associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, show two studies published in PLoS Medicine this week. These findings challenge the current dogma that P. falciparum can be sev ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Tracking Prions
Infectious proteins known as prions have been identified as the cause of “mad cow” disease (BSE). The culprits are “incorrectly folded” proteins that can “infect” healthy proteins. The molecular bases for such prion diseases ...
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