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3D Bioprinting and its Applications

In this interview, AZoM speaks to members of SunP Biotech about 3D bioprinting and its applications.

From SunP Biotech 1 Apr 2019

Researchers develop new technology to mass produce cerebral cortex neurons

Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI, President Pann Ghill Suh) announced on Mar. 4 that its research team led by principal researcher Yoichi Kosodo developed a technology to mass produce cerebral cortex neurons utilizing Induced pluripotent Stem Cells.

28 Mar 2019

Researchers identify crucial player in controlling misfolded proteins

Researchers have identified a protein complex that marks misfolded proteins, stops them from interacting with other proteins in the cell and directs them towards disposal.

27 Mar 2019

Scientists untangle the brain's life-support network

The portion of the brain known as the hypothalamus is small but mighty -- it controls fundamental behaviors and physiology that are essential for survival.

27 Mar 2019

VCU researchers home in on microRNA processing for new cancer therapies

More than a decade of research on the mda-7/IL-24 gene has shown that it helps to suppress a majority of cancer types, and now scientists are focusing on how the gene drives this process by influencing microRNAs.

26 Mar 2019

Scientific Symposium at LABVOLUTION focuses on key issues in life sciences

The Scientific Symposium at LABVOLUTION will be focusing on key issues in the life sciences. Accordingly, a high level of visitor demand is anticipated.

From LABVOLUTION 25 Mar 2019

Cerveau announces research collaboration agreement with Eisai for novel tau imaging agent

Cerveau Technologies, Inc. today announced a research collaboration agreement with Eisai Inc., which will enable Eisai to use Cerveau's [F-18]MK-6240, an investigational imaging agent, in Positron Emission Tomography scans to assess the status and progression of neurofibrillary tangles in the brain.

25 Mar 2019

Exploring pathophysiological factors that link sleep problems and Alzheimer's disease

A new article explores the pathophysiological factors that link sleep disturbances and Alzheimer's disease.

22 Mar 2019

Hidden differences between pathology of CTE and Alzheimer's disease discovered

An international team of scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine, University of Kansas and the U.K. Medical Research Council have dismantled the belief that Alzheimer's disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy have identical pathology.

22 Mar 2019

Scientists identify generation of key immune response in mice on introducing solid food

Microbes colonize all body surfaces and help to balance the immune system. In newborn infants, gut microbiota is first conditioned by breast milk components.

20 Mar 2019

Diattenuation Imaging offers structural information of difficult to access brain regions

A new imaging method provides structural information about brain tissue that was previously difficult to access. Diattenuation Imaging, developed by scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Groningen, allows to differentiate, e.g., regions with many thin nerve fibers from regions with few thick nerve fibers.

20 Mar 2019

Promising gene therapy could restore vision in humans

It was surprisingly simple. University of California, Berkeley, scientists inserted a gene for a green-light receptor into the eyes of blind mice and, a month later, they were navigating around obstacles as easily as mice with no vision problems.

15 Mar 2019

EU-funded project is developing new tools for diagnosing cancer

Proteins are the basis of cellular and physiological functioning in living organisms. The physical and chemical properties of proteins determine how they act and work within cells.

15 Mar 2019

Study shows how cell death can be triggered by a mitochondrial enzyme

Cytochrome c is a small enzyme that plays an important role in the production of energy by mitochondria.

15 Mar 2019

Holotomography (HT) technology used to image individual neurons

A Korean research team has demonstrated quantitative morphological profiling of individual neurons using Holotomography (HT) technology developed by Tomocube.

From Tomocube Inc. 14 Mar 2019

Study unravels how cancer medication works in brains of Parkinson's patients

Laboratory analysis from the first arm of a phase II clinical trial testing the use of nilotinib in patients with Parkinson's disease demonstrates precisely how the agent increases levels of dopamine in the brains of study participants, says a research team at Georgetown University Medical Center. Symptoms of Parkinson's, such as motor dysfunction, are a result of a dopamine loss.

13 Mar 2019

Parkinson's disease: Servier and Oncodesign announce research and drug development partnership

Servier and Oncodesign have announced a strategic partnership for the research and development of potential drug candidates for Parkinson's disease.

12 Mar 2019

Tufts engineers develop new tool to identify metabolic signatures linked to disease

Metabolic changes in cells can occur at the earliest stages of disease. In most cases, knowledge of those signals is limited, since we usually detect disease only after it has done significant damage.

12 Mar 2019

Research team identifies potential target protein aggregates for treating Alzheimer's disease

The aggregation of alpha-synuclein proteins in Parkinson's disease and tau proteins in Alzheimer's disease is intimately linked to the progression of these neurodegenerative diseases. These aggregates propagate from one neuronal cell to another, attaching themselves to the cells.

8 Mar 2019

Inflammation in the brain increases side-effects of hypnotic drugs

In a study recently published in the European Journal of Pharmacology researchers at Okayama University show how the presence of inflammation in the brain can increase its sensitivity to benzodiazepines.

7 Mar 2019

Neurodegenerative Diseases News and Research

3D Bioprinting and its Applications

Researchers develop new technology to mass produce cerebral cortex neurons

Researchers identify crucial player in controlling misfolded proteins

Scientists untangle the brain's life-support network

VCU researchers home in on microRNA processing for new cancer therapies

Scientific Symposium at LABVOLUTION focuses on key issues in life sciences

Cerveau announces research collaboration agreement with Eisai for novel tau imaging agent

Exploring pathophysiological factors that link sleep problems and Alzheimer's disease

Hidden differences between pathology of CTE and Alzheimer's disease discovered

Scientists identify generation of key immune response in mice on introducing solid food

Diattenuation Imaging offers structural information of difficult to access brain regions

Promising gene therapy could restore vision in humans

EU-funded project is developing new tools for diagnosing cancer

Study shows how cell death can be triggered by a mitochondrial enzyme

Holotomography (HT) technology used to image individual neurons

Study unravels how cancer medication works in brains of Parkinson's patients

Parkinson's disease: Servier and Oncodesign announce research and drug development partnership

Tufts engineers develop new tool to identify metabolic signatures linked to disease

Research team identifies potential target protein aggregates for treating Alzheimer's disease

Inflammation in the brain increases side-effects of hypnotic drugs

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