News tagged with fatal neurodegenerative disease

Smoking may now be considered an established risk factor for Lou Gehrig's disease

While previous studies have indicated a "probable" connection between smoking and ALS, a new study published in the Nov. 17, 2009 issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, states that s ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Transplanted human stem cells prolong survival in mouse model of rare brain disease

A new study finds substantial improvement in a mouse model of a rare, hereditary neurodegenerative disease after transplantation of normal human neural stem cells. The research findings, published by Cell Press in the September ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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