Carbon nanotube fibers make superior links to brain
Carbon nanotube fibers invented at Rice University may provide the best way to communicate directly with the brain.
Carbon nanotube fibers invented at Rice University may provide the best way to communicate directly with the brain.
Bio & Medicine
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At the heart of brain diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease is protein misfolding, in which distorted proteins are unable to perform their normal functions. At ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2014
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German researchers reveal the structure of cellular protein degradation machinery.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2012
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Enabling bioengineers to design new molecular machines for nanotechnology applications is one of the possible outcomes of a study by University of Montreal researchers that was published in Nature Structural and Molecular ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 10, 2012
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When proteins get "out of shape", the consequences can be fatal. They lose their function and in some cases form insoluble, toxic clumps that damage other cells and can cause severe diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. ...
Biochemistry
Feb 11, 2013
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Results from phase two clinical trials at UT Southwestern Medical Center showed that a suspension of gold nanocrystals taken daily by patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease (PD) significantly reversed ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 13, 2024
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Scientists from Heptares Therapeutics have used Diamond Light Source, the UKs national synchrotron facility, to understand the structure of a protein involved in Parkinsons disease and other neurological disorders. ...
Biochemistry
Sep 5, 2011
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A Florida International University professor and his team this month published news of a scientific breakthrough that could lead to the noninvasive treatment of Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Bio & Medicine
May 19, 2015
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As baby boomers age, the number of people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease is expected to increase. Patients who develop this disease usually start experiencing symptoms around age 60 or older. Currently, there's no cure, ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 22, 2015
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A team from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has become the first to make adult cells from a living organism retreat in their evolutionary development to recover the characteristics of embryonic stem cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 11, 2013
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