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The human brain is the center of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. Enclosed in the cranium, it has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals, but is over three times as large as the brain of a typical mammal with an equivalent body size.

Pipeline Embolization Device safe and effective for patients with brain aneurysms

Physicians at Rush University Medical Center are offering a new and effective treatment to patients suffering from complex brain aneurysms. The recently FDA-approved technology called the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) gives doctors the ability for the very first time to treat some of the most complex and dangerous brain aneurysms using minimally invasive techniques.

3 Jun 2011

'Switching off' critical disease causing gene can reestablish Rett syndrome in adult animals

An IRSF funded study published today in the journal Science has shown that the childhood disorder Rett syndrome, can be reestablished in adult animals by "switching off" a critical disease causing gene in healthy adult animals.

3 Jun 2011

New slow-release compound protects against Huntington's and Alzheimer's

A study in a special early online publication of Cell, a Cell Press publication, reveals a promising new slow-release compound that protects mice against the neurodegenerative effects of both Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease.

3 Jun 2011

IMUC, BioWa sign license deal to develop ADCC enhanced antibodies for cancer

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. and BioWa, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a agreement to provide IMUC with access to BioWa's patented POTELLIGENT Technology platform for the development of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity enhanced antibodies.

3 Jun 2011

Stereotactic body radiation therapy effective for patients with low-risk prostate cancer

In a multicenter clinical trial, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that higher doses of stereotactic radiation therapy requiring fewer treatments are safe and effective for patients with low-to-intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

3 Jun 2011

Study finds strong link between head injury and violent behavior in young people

Young people who have sustained a head injury during their lifetime are more likely to engage in violent behavior, according to an eight-year study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

3 Jun 2011

'Provision of choice' strategy helps improve vegetable consumption in children

A gesture as simple as allowing children to freely choose the vegetables they want to eat helps to increase the consumption of these foods in children, as University of Granada has found.

3 Jun 2011

Mild brain injury tracked using special MRI technique

According to a new study there may be an explanation of why some military personnel exposed to blasts have symptoms of brain injury even though their CT and MRI scans look normal.

2 Jun 2011

Seaside Therapeutics commences STX209 Phase 3 study in fragile X syndrome

Seaside Therapeutics, Inc. announced today the initiation of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 study to evaluate the effects of STX209 on social impairment in adolescents and adults with fragile X syndrome.

2 Jun 2011

Protox reports net and comprehensive loss of $2.2 million for first quarter 2011

Protox Therapeutics Inc., a leader in the development of receptor targeted therapeutic fusion proteins, today announced financial results and achievements for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

2 Jun 2011

Transcendental Meditation reduces symptoms of PTSD in veterans just within 8 weeks

Veterans of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars showed a 50 percent reduction in their symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after just eight weeks of practicing the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a pilot study published in the June 2011 issue of Military Medicine.

2 Jun 2011

Diffusion tensor imaging detects brain abnormalities in U.S. military personnel with mild traumatic brain injury

An advanced imaging technique has revealed that some U.S. military personnel with mild blast-related traumatic brain injuries have abnormalities in the brain that have not been seen with other types of imaging.

2 Jun 2011

WHO/IARC say mobile phone use may increase risk of certain brain cancers

Mobile phone use "may increase the risk of certain types of brain cancer in humans," therefore "consumers should consider ways of reducing their exposure," a WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) working group concluded on Tuesday, Reuters reports.

2 Jun 2011

Scientists locate brain region responsible for scene-facilitation effect

Scientists at the University of Southern California have pinned down the region of the brain responsible for a key survival trait: our ability to comprehend a scene-even one never previously encountered-in a fraction of a second.

2 Jun 2011

RegeneRx Thymosin beta 4 stimulates maturation of central nervous system progenitor cells

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that researchers have found that Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4), in a dose dependent manner, stimulates oligodendrogenesis, the process by which central nervous system progenitor cells become oligodendrocytes that secrete myelin, the covering of nerve fibers.

2 Jun 2011

Study affirms effectiveness of palliative care discussions before LVAD heart surgery

For patients with severe heart failure, an implanted mechanical pump known as a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) can be a life-sustaining treatment. Even though the technology involves risks, few patients and their families tend to talk explicitly about the "what ifs" before surgery takes place.

2 Jun 2011

Investigators to examine how Ephb2 gene causes ependymoma in children

Armed with new grant support, investigators at Nationwide Children's Hospital plan to examine how a common gene of the nervous system leads to the development of a devastating brain tumor, ependymoma.

2 Jun 2011

Adipose-derived stem cell procedure restores skull defects after brain surgery

Stem cells derived from abdominal fat—used along with a synthetic bone grafting material—are a potentially valuable new approach to repairing skull defects after brain surgery, according to a study in the June issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

2 Jun 2011

Scientists discover key biological mechanism underpinning transition to alcohol dependence

A team of Scripps Research Institute scientists has found a key biological mechanism underpinning the transition to alcohol dependence. This finding opens the door to the development of drugs to manage excessive alcohol consumption.

1 Jun 2011

Alexion's sBLA for Soliris receives FDA Priority Review designation to treat aHUS

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the Company's request for Priority Review of its supplemental Biologics License Application for Soliris as a treatment for patients with atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.

1 Jun 2011

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Pipeline Embolization Device safe and effective for patients with brain aneurysms

'Switching off' critical disease causing gene can reestablish Rett syndrome in adult animals

New slow-release compound protects against Huntington's and Alzheimer's

IMUC, BioWa sign license deal to develop ADCC enhanced antibodies for cancer

Stereotactic body radiation therapy effective for patients with low-risk prostate cancer

Study finds strong link between head injury and violent behavior in young people

'Provision of choice' strategy helps improve vegetable consumption in children

Mild brain injury tracked using special MRI technique

Seaside Therapeutics commences STX209 Phase 3 study in fragile X syndrome

Protox reports net and comprehensive loss of $2.2 million for first quarter 2011

Transcendental Meditation reduces symptoms of PTSD in veterans just within 8 weeks

Diffusion tensor imaging detects brain abnormalities in U.S. military personnel with mild traumatic brain injury

WHO/IARC say mobile phone use may increase risk of certain brain cancers

Scientists locate brain region responsible for scene-facilitation effect

RegeneRx Thymosin beta 4 stimulates maturation of central nervous system progenitor cells

Study affirms effectiveness of palliative care discussions before LVAD heart surgery

Investigators to examine how Ephb2 gene causes ependymoma in children

Adipose-derived stem cell procedure restores skull defects after brain surgery

Scientists discover key biological mechanism underpinning transition to alcohol dependence

Alexion's sBLA for Soliris receives FDA Priority Review designation to treat aHUS

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