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Promising treatment for Huntington's disease soon to be tested clinically

At the Institut Curie, CNRS and Inserm researchers have shown that cysteamine, which is already used to treat a rare disease called cystinosis, prevents the death of neurons in Huntington's disease. Like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Huntington's disease, is characterized by the abnormal death of neurons.

19 Apr 2006

Researchers develop system for observing nuclear motion

The cell is understood to be highly organized, with specialized areas for different functions and molecular motors shuttling components around.

18 Apr 2006

Significant differences in the patterns of mammography by race and ethnicity

Inadequate use of screening mammography may be an important reason that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer than members of other ethnic groups, according to a new study led by a University of California, San Francisco imaging specialist.

18 Apr 2006

New test for heart disease

Building on years of research on the way that blood flows through the heart valves, researchers from the California Institute of Technology and Oregon Health Science University have devised a new index for cardiac health based on a simple ultrasound test.

18 Apr 2006

Imaging of breast cancer diagnosed and treated with chemotherapy during pregnancy

Ultrasound provides a safe and accurate method of detecting breast cancers in pregnant women, as well as assessing response to chemotherapy, according to a study appearing in the April issue of Radiology.

13 Apr 2006

A drink or two a day may be associated with better cognitive function in women

"Women who had up to two drinks a day scored about 20 percent higher on the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) than women who didn't drink at all or who consumed less than one drink a week," said Clinton Wright, M.D., M.S., lead author of the study.

13 Apr 2006

That mistake will cost you and your brain knows staight away!

According to a team of researchers in the U.S.a particular part of the brain called the rostral anterior cingulate cortex, or rACC, becomes much more active when a person realizes he or she has made an error that carries consequences - for instance, losing money.

12 Apr 2006

Functional imaging of numerical processing in adults and 4-y-old children

Four-year-olds who are still developing numerical abilities show activity in the same brain region during numerical tasks as do math-adept adults, Duke University researchers Jessica Cantlon, Kevin Pelphrey and colleagues report in the open access journal PLoS Biology.

11 Apr 2006

Evaluation of a shape-based model of human face discrimination using fMRI and behavioral techniques

The mechanism by which the brain recognizes faces has long fascinated neurobiologists, many of whom believe that the brain perceives faces as "special" and very different from other visual objects.

11 Apr 2006

Researchers move closer to pinpointing age of brain activity changes related to language

The number of sites in children's brains involved in language recognition decreases as the children age, according to a University of Cincinnati (UC) study.

6 Apr 2006

Adult stem cells can be used to make new tendon or ligament tissue

Weekend athletes who overexert themselves running or playing basketball may one day reap the benefits of research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem that shows that adult stem cells can be used to make new tendon or ligament tissue.

4 Apr 2006

Custom-made bladders produced from patients' own cells

Scientists in the U.S. have produced custom-made bladders grown from patients' own cells which have been have been successfully transplanted and function well.

4 Apr 2006

ICG value accurately predicts outcomes in adult living-donor liver transplantation

A new study on identifying which patients were likely to have poor outcomes following a living-donor liver transplant (LDLT) found that measuring how a certain non-toxic dye was eliminated by the liver shortly after surgery was an accurate indicator of liver function, and therefore a reliable indicator of the outcome of the procedure.

4 Apr 2006

Linking implicit and explicit memory - conscious and unconscious memory linked in storing new information

The way the brain stores new, conscious information such as a first kiss or a childhood home is strongly linked to the way the human brain stores unconscious information, researchers at Yale report this month in an article featured on the cover of Neuron.

4 Apr 2006

First study of uterine fibroid embolization to treat post-menopausal women

The first study of uterine fibroid embolization to treat post-menopausal women shows that the non-surgical treatment was technically successful in 100 percent of patients, and improved bulk-related symptoms in 92 percent of the women.

4 Apr 2006

Study demonstrates decreased neural specialization in the ventral visual cortex in older adults

One of two separate areas of the brain light up when younger people look at a house or a face, but each image activates both areas of the brain at the same time in older persons

4 Apr 2006

Radiofrequency ablation is as effective as surgery for small liver tumors

Three-year data shows that radiofrequency ablation is as effective as surgical resection for overall survival and tumor recurrence, for the treatment of single small hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis, according to a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 31st Annual Scientific Meeting.

4 Apr 2006

Functional magnetic resonance imaging can predict effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for treating depression

Whether or not cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) will help a person recover from depression can be predicted through brain imaging, according to research results published by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the April issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

4 Apr 2006

Offline persistence of memory-related cerebral activity during active wakefulnes

Sleeping helps to reinforce what we've learned. And brain scans have revealed that cerebral activity associated with learning new information is replayed during sleep.

4 Apr 2006

Delaying urgery decreases survival for bladder cancer patients

Bladder cancer patients whose surgery was delayed for more than three months after their diagnosis were more likely to die from their disease than patients whose surgery was performed sooner, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

4 Apr 2006

Imaging News and Research

Promising treatment for Huntington's disease soon to be tested clinically

Researchers develop system for observing nuclear motion

Significant differences in the patterns of mammography by race and ethnicity

New test for heart disease

Imaging of breast cancer diagnosed and treated with chemotherapy during pregnancy

A drink or two a day may be associated with better cognitive function in women

That mistake will cost you and your brain knows staight away!

Functional imaging of numerical processing in adults and 4-y-old children

Evaluation of a shape-based model of human face discrimination using fMRI and behavioral techniques

Researchers move closer to pinpointing age of brain activity changes related to language

Adult stem cells can be used to make new tendon or ligament tissue

Custom-made bladders produced from patients' own cells

ICG value accurately predicts outcomes in adult living-donor liver transplantation

Linking implicit and explicit memory - conscious and unconscious memory linked in storing new information

First study of uterine fibroid embolization to treat post-menopausal women

Study demonstrates decreased neural specialization in the ventral visual cortex in older adults

Radiofrequency ablation is as effective as surgery for small liver tumors

Functional magnetic resonance imaging can predict effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for treating depression

Offline persistence of memory-related cerebral activity during active wakefulnes

Delaying urgery decreases survival for bladder cancer patients

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