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Huntington's Disease: Study Identifies Pathology

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[19/10/2012] A study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine provides novel insight into the disease’s impact on the brain. The findings pinpoint areas of the brain most affected and opens the door to examine why some people experience milder forms of the disease than others.Huntington's Disease: Study Identifies Pathology - Read more

Multiple Sclerosis: Rebuilding in The Brain

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[04/10/2012] In patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, the brain is capable of compensating for certain disorders to some extent. How it does this has been examined in detail by medics from Würzburg University Hospital. Their findings may help to improve treatment.Multiple Sclerosis: Rebuilding in The Brain - Read more

Blood Protein: Dramatically Effective Against Strokes

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[21/09/2012] Every two minutes someone in Germany suffers a stroke, yet there are hardly any effective treatments. Scientists from the University of Würzburg are now pursuing a new approach: inhibiting a blood protein seems to mitigate the negative consequences of strokes quite dramatically.Blood Protein: Dramatically Effective Against Strokes - Read more

Neurology: New Enzyme to Fight Alzheimer's Disease

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[19/09/2012] An enzyme that could represent a powerful new tool for combating Alzheimer's disease has been discovered by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida. The enzyme — known as BACE2 — destroys beta-amyloid, a toxic protein fragment that litters the brains of patients who have the disease.Neurology: New Enzyme to Fight Alzheimer's Disease - Read more

T Cells in The Lung: License for Self-destruction

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[07/09/2012] A research team of the University Medical Center Göttingen could now show that the Multiple Sclerosis-causing immune cells are programmed in the lung to be more motile and to efficiently break through blood vessel barriers.T Cells in The Lung: License for Self-destruction - Read more

 
 
 
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