News tagged with brain repair

Researchers find blood-brain barrier damaged by disease

A study into the effects of Sanfilippo Syndrome type B (MPS III B) has found that the barrier responsible for protecting the brain from the entry of harmful blood-borne substances is structurally and functionally damaged ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transplanting umbilical cord and menstrual blood-derived stem cells offer hope for disorders

Transplanting stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood cells and menstrual blood cells may offer future therapeutic benefit for those suffering from stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Transplanted human placenta-derived stem cells show therapeutic potential in stroke models

Human amniotic epithelial cells, stem cells derived from human placenta left over from live births and generally discarded, proliferated and differentiated when they interacted with one kind of melatonin receptor, MT1. This ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Synthetic peptide may regenerate brain tissue in stroke victims

A synthetic version of a naturally occurring peptide promoted the creation of new blood vessels and repaired damaged nerve cells in lab animals, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Neuroscientist's discovery of new uses for old drug leads to patents, innovation award

University of South Florida neuroscientist R. Douglas Shytle's discovery of successful new clinical uses for mecamylamine, a drug once used to treat hypertension, has led to several issued patents on mecamylamine ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Lithium may help radiation target cancer, spare healthy tissue

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have uncovered a mechanism that helps explain how lithium, a drug widely used to treat bipolar mood disorder, also protects the brain from damage that occurs during radiation ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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