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Scripps research scientists create novel RNA repair technology

RUBY33wn — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:15:30 +0000

Scientists from the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute have identified a compound that can help repair a specific type of defect in RNA, a type of genetic material.

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Todd Drezner: Nickels, Dimes and 'High-Functioning' Autism

GabrielaSharpe19 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:16:28 +0000

Why does the autism community continue to obsess over categorizing people as high or low functioning?

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Results of St. Jude Medical’s First Controlled Study of Deep Brain Stimulation Confirms Benefit of Constant Current …

GabrielaSharpe19 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Results from the first St. Jude Medical, Inc

From the Outside In: Mayo Clinic Collaboration Finds Multiple Sclerosis Often Starts in Brain’s Outer Layers

tobylee02 — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:53:04 +0000

ROCHESTER, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Multiple sclerosis (MS) may progress from the outermost layers of the brain to its deep parts, and isn’t always an “inside-out” process as previously thought, reported a new collaborative study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic. The traditional understanding is that the disease begins in the white matter that forms the bulk of the …

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Test for Alzheimer’s disease predicts cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease

jos — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:06:28 +0000

( University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ) A method of classifying brain atrophy patterns in Alzheimer’s disease patients using MRIs can also detect cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Researchers also found that higher baseline Alzheimer’s patterns of atrophy predicted …

Multiple sclerosis often starts in brain’s outer layers: study

Billie21Banks — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:07:08 +0000

Multiple sclerosis (MS) may progress from the outermost layers of the brain to its deep parts, and isn’t always an “inside-out” process as previously thought, reported a new collaborative study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic. The traditional understanding is that the disease begins in the white matter that forms the bulk of the brain’s inside, and extends to involve …

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Human skin yields stem cell-like cells

raelifin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:23:14 +0000

Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry investigating how stem cells can be used to regenerate dental tissue have discovered a way to produce cells with stem cell-like characteristics from the most common type of human skin cell in the epidermis.

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Dementia Risk Higher Among Older Women With Sleep-disordered Breathing

GabrielaSharpe19 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:17:57 +0000

Sleep-disordered breathing among older women that leads to deficient oxygenation of the blood (hypoxemia) raises the risk of their developing dementia or cognitive impairment, compared with other older women, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). As background information, the investigators wrote: “Sleep …

UM-Flint group seeks study participants

tobylee02 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:47:56 +0000

FLINT — Faculty from the University of Michigan-Flint Physical Therapy Department are seeking volunteers to help with multiple sclerosis research.

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Stimulating the Senses of Dementia Patients

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:26:22 +0000

Choosing a nursing home for a love one with diagnosed dementia adds additional stress to an already stressful situation. Not only are you likely worried that your loved one will receive proper medical treatment, but you may also be concerned that your loved one will receive sufficient interaction and stimulation from the staff

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Teva Parkinson’s Drug May Not Slow Disease Progression, FDA Finds

Claudine30DICKERSON — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:57:33 +0000

Teva Pharmaceuticals’ Parkinson’s disease drug Azilect may not win approval from the Food and Drug Administration, after the agency expressed doubts Thursday about its effectiveness, The Associated Press reported.

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Ataxia – The Sides (Music Video)

julietochka — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:39:45 +0000

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Ataxia – The Sides Amateur music video by me, using footage from Skateboard Kings.

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Early, Intensive Therapy Better for Kids With Autism, Study Finds

RUBY33wn — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:51:06 +0000

MONDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) — Children with an autism spectrum disorder appear to benefit from early, intensive therapy to improve their social and communication skills, according to a new study from the University of Missouri.

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Paralyzed patient in major Geron stem cell study

raelifin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:14:50 +0000

A Bay Area patient who recently suffered a serious spinal cord injury and is now paralyzed from the waist down joined the world’s first-ever embryonic stem cell study in humans last week, when Stanford doctors injected…

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Joseph, Friedreich’s Ataxia, before stem cell treatment at Tiantan Puhua Hospital Beijing

MCDONALDAlissa27 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:20:20 +0000

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Joseph Pomykal is 23 years, suffers from Friedreichs Ataxia and is from the USA Joseph got treated in February 2009, he got 4 times NSC/MSC lumbar puncture.

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Extra weight linked to dementia risk: Study

Billie21Banks — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:38:19 +0000

The research was not set up to prove that dementia was caused by the added weight, but Dr. Weili Xu, the study’s lead author from the Karolinksa Institutet in Stockholm, said that the evidence is pointing in that direction.

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Autism, One Parent to Another

GabrielaSharpe19 — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:26:16 +0000

A response to a reader’s question, from the author of “Following Ezra.”

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More News About Autism

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:36:46 +0000

Fresh off the press, we’ve received news that doctors from the University of California Davis have identified two biologically different subtypes of autism in a breakthrough study.

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Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Announces Q2 2011 Financial Results, Election of Board of Directors and Management …

Claudine30DICKERSON — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:44:44 +0000

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – Aug. 25, 2011) – Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp

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Multiple Sclerosis can’t stop Alpha resident Ed Johns from spreading cheer at nursing homes

admin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:27:09 +0000

Ed Johns In 2005, Ed Johns traveled from his home in Alpha to the Sanctuary of Our Lady Lourdes in France to see if he could heal his multiple sclerosis. The spring water from the grotto in the commune of…

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