News tagged with multiple tissues

Multiple sclerosis blocked in mouse model

Scientists have blocked harmful immune cells from entering the brain in mice with a condition similar to multiple sclerosis (MS).

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Multiple sclerosis drug serves as model for potential drugs to treat botulism poisoning

Scientists are reporting that variants of a drug already approved for treating multiple sclerosis show promise as a long sought treatment for victims of bioterrorist attack with botulinum neurotoxin -- which is 10,000 times ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University at Buffalo launches clinical trial of new multiple sclerosis treatment

Buffalo medical researchers led by a team from the University at Buffalo Department of Neurosurgery, will embark on a landmark prospective randomized double-blinded study to test the safety and efficacy of interventional ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Crossing the line: how aggressive cells invade the brain (w/ Video)

In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cells of the immune system infiltrate the brain tissue, where they cause immense damage. For many years, it was an enigma as to how these cells can escape from the bloodstream. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Neurologists Investigate Possible New Underlying Cause of MS

(PhysOrg.com) -- Neurologists at the University at Buffalo are beginning a research study that could overturn the prevailing wisdom on the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). The researchers will test the possibility that ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Important development in the treatment of multiple sclerosis reported

A major step forward, with important implications for understanding how to reduce the severity of multiple sclerosis, has been made by scientists at the University of Bristol. The results are published online ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Inexpensive hypertension drug could be multiple sclerosis treatment

Turning serendipity into science, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a link, in mice and in human brain tissue, between high blood pressure and multiple sclerosis. Their findings suggest ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Reducing p38MAPK levels delays aging of multiple tissues in lab mice

In the new issue of the Developmental Cell journal, a team of scientists at Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, report resear ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tracking down the causes of multiple sclerosis

Over 100,000 people suffer from multiple sclerosis in Germany alone. Despite intensive research, the factors that trigger the disease and influence its progress remain unclear. Scientists from the Max Planck ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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