News tagged with brain malformation

Researchers restore missing protein in rare genetic brain disorder

UCSF researchers have successfully used protease inhibitors to restore to normal levels a key protein involved in early brain development. Reduced levels of that protein have been shown to cause the rare brain disorder lissencephaly, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Brain malformations significantly associated with preterm birth

New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides for the first time a solid scientific answer for the long-standing question of whether there is an association between preterm birth and brain malformations.

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Study shows developing organisms can identify and fix abnormalities in head and face

Developmental biologists at Tufts University have identified a "self-correcting" mechanism by which developing organisms recognize and repair head and facial abnormalities. This is the first time that such ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bioengineers reprogram muscles to combat degeneration

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have turned back the clock on mature muscle tissue, coaxing it back to an earlier stem cell stage to form new muscle. Moreover, they showed in mice that ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Canada okays 'liberation therapy' trials

Canada will fund clinical trials for a controversial multiple sclerosis treatment that targets blocked neck veins, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Wednesday.

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created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mutant mouse reveals new wrinkle in genetic code

(PhysOrg.com) -- Call it a mystery with a stubby tail: an odd-looking mouse discovered through a U.S. government breeding program in the 1940s that had a short, kinky tail and an extra set of ribs in its neck ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Keeping retinoic acid in check

Neurobiologists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) of the Novartis Research Foundation are the first to describe a mechanism that controls the synthesis of retinoic acid in ...

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created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New device uses submarine technology to diagnose stroke quickly

A medical device developed by retired U.S. Navy sonar experts, using submarine technology, is a new paradigm for the detection, diagnosis and monitoring of stroke, says a team of interventional radiologists at the Society ...

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created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain tumor treatment successful in healing rare heart condition

Serendipity may have saved 32-year-old Jamie Arliss’ life. A rare tumor discovered in her heart had stumped cardiologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. They wanted to remove the mass, but traditional ...

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created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New method delivers Alzheimer's drug to the brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists have developed a new method for delivering complex drugs directly to the brain, a necessary step for treating diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ...

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created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neurologists develop software application to help identify subtle epileptic lesions

Researchers from the Department of Neurology at NYU Langone Medical Center identified potential benefits of a new computer application that automatically detects subtle brain lesions in MRI scans in patients with epilepsy. ...

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created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ear to the future: Donated cells transform from lab to mouse

Within a Northeast Ohio lab, a hairless mouse is growing an ear from the cells of a Wadsworth, Ohio, preschooler.

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created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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