News tagged with brain blood

New type of extra-chromosomal DNA discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the University of Virginia and University of North Carolina in the US have discovered a previously unidentified type of small circular DNA molecule occurring outside ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

'Green' nanoparticles, that may enhance medication delivery and improve MRI performance

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have shown a new category of "green" nanoparticles comprised of a non-toxic, protein-based nanotechnology that can non-invasively cross the blood brain barrier and is capable ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists combine tumor-targeting peptides and nanoparticles to destroy glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. Rather than presenting as a well-defined tumor, glioblastoma will often infiltrate the surrounding brain tissue, making it extremely difficult to treat surgically ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists cultivate human brain's most ubiquitous cell in lab dish

Pity the lowly astrocyte, the most common cell in the human nervous system.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists make link between brain acid and cognition

Almost anyone who has faced a test or a deadline probably wished there was a smart pill to pop. New research suggests that this may eventually be possible.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 6

Tiny blood vessels in brain spit to survive

Spitting can be a good thing when it comes to blood vessels.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deciphering hidden code reveals brain activity

(PhysOrg.com) -- By combining sophisticated mathematical techniques more commonly used by spies instead of scientists with the power and versatility of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a Penn ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rebuilding the head of an armoured dinosaur (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Alberta-led research team has taken a rare look inside the skull of a dinosaur and come away with unprecedented details on the brain and nasal passages of the 72 million year ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New hybrid drug, derived from common spice, may protect, rebuild brain cells after stroke

Whether or not you're fond of Indian, Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern food, stroke researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center think you may become a fan of one of their key spices.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Stanford group creates miniature self-contained fluorescence microscope

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working at Stanford University have devised a means for building the smallest self-contained fluorescence microscope ever. Weighing just under 2 grams and slightly larger ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

First detection of pregnancy protein in older people destined for Alzheimer's disease

In an advance toward a much-needed early diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD), scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop AD have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Food for thought, er, well... Study finds brain wolfs energy to stop thinking

Ever wonder why it's such an effort to forget about work while on vacation or to silence that annoying song that's playing over and over in your head?

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Drug boosts snakebite survival time by half: study

Rubbing snakebites with an ointment that slows the functioning of lymph glands could boost survival times by 50 percent, according to a study released Sunday.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Rudolph the Red Nosed blood vessel

(PhysOrg.com) -- A spectacular Christmas image of a 'Rudolph' blood vessel in the brain has emerged as part of an experiment at Newcastle University.

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Culprit found for increased stroke injury with diabetes

Strokes are a leading cause of mortality and adult disability. Those that involve intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) are especially deadly, and there are no effective treatments to control such bleeding. Moreover, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast