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Scientists create stem cell-based model of rare inherited neurological condition

An international team of scientists, led by University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers, has created a human stem cell-based model of a rare, but devastating, inherited neurological autoimmune condition called Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome (AGS).

11 Aug 2017

Industry likely to expand role in funding neurosurgery research

With federal funding increasingly restricted, industry will play a critical role in funding neurosurgery research, according to a report by three prominent neurosurgeons in the journal World Neurosurgery.

10 Aug 2017

Immunotherapy shows promise in treatment of Type 1 diabetes

Around 1.25 million Americans are living with type 1 diabetes and 40,000 new cases are detected each year. In this condition body’s own immune system attacks and damages the insulin-producing β-cells inside the pancreas leading to impaired glucose metabolism in the body. There is no other treatment for this condition than regular painful insulin injections to maintain the normal insulin levels in the body. Type 1 diabetes is currently considered to be incurable.

10 Aug 2017

ASU Biodesign researchers develop more potent, safer plant-based Zika vaccine

The worldwide Zika threat first emerged in 2015, infecting millions as it swept across the Americas. It struck great fear in pregnant women, as babies born with severe brain birth defects quickly overburdened hospitals and public health care systems.

9 Aug 2017

Nanotechnology wonders: Organ healing with a single touch!

Scientists from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre have come up with what sounds like a science fiction - a nanotechnology device that can switch the cell functions in such a way that the failing organs are revived using a single touch.

7 Aug 2017

Bioactive 'tissue papers' show potential for regenerative medicine

Northwestern Medicine scientists and engineers have invented a range of bioactive "tissue papers" made of materials derived from organs that are thin and flexible enough to even fold into an origami bird.

7 Aug 2017

New LF-OCT technology enables more accurate imaging of cellular processes in the eye

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution live imaging technique that can be used for early detection of retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetes-related conditions, glaucoma or vascular occlusions, for example.

7 Aug 2017

UNC-Chapel Hill receives $1.6 million grant to help African-American patients with glaucoma

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a grant worth nearly $1.6 million over four years from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to help reduce vision problems in African-Americans caused by glaucoma.

4 Aug 2017

Timely diagnosis and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome can prevent long-lasting damage

The sooner carpal tunnel syndrome is diagnosed and treated, the better the chances for symptom relief, according to experts at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

4 Aug 2017

University of Rhode Island professor leads team expanding clinical practice guidelines for neck pain

A professor at the University of Rhode Island led an international team of experts who spent several years revising and expanding clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of neck pain.

3 Aug 2017

Botulinum neurotoxin type X holds potential to open up new field of toxin therapeutics

Botulinum toxins are currently used on more than 80 medical conditions including Muscle spasms, Overactive bladder, Chronic migraine, Cervical dystonia, Sweating and Cerebral Palsy (CP).

3 Aug 2017

Drug puts a $750,000 ‘price tag on life’

Jana Gundy and Amanda Chaffin live within two hours of each other in Oklahoma. Each has a child with the same devastating disease, one that robs them of muscle strength, affecting their ability to sit, stand or even breathe.

2 Aug 2017

Xavant Technology's neuromodulation device receives FDA clearance for treatment of chronic intractable pain

Xavant Technology (Pty) Ltd today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared their Stimpod NMS460. With the U.S. patent awarded on proprietary hybrid pulsed radio frequency (PRF) waveform, this non-invasive neuromodulation device is focused on the symptomatic relief and management of chronic intractable pain, as well as an adjunctive treatment in the management of post-surgical pain, post-traumatic acute pain problems, and an adjunct for pain control due to rehabilitation.

1 Aug 2017

Cell signaling molecules may be key to repairing diabetic nerve injury

Molecules that help cells communicate with each other--called cytokines--might be the key to repairing diabetic nerve damage, according to a new study published in Experimental Neurology. painful side effects.

1 Aug 2017

HIV hides in more types of bone marrow cells than previously thought, research shows

Every day, 17 million HIV-infected people around the world swallow pills that keep the virus inside them at bay.

1 Aug 2017

Researchers use imaging techniques to collect massive data on individual brains

A quest to analyze the unique features of individual human brains evolved into the so-called Midnight Scan Club, a group of scientists who had big ideas but almost no funding and little time to research the trillions of neural connections that activate the body's most powerful organ.

29 Jul 2017

Nerve News and Research

Scientists create stem cell-based model of rare inherited neurological condition

Industry likely to expand role in funding neurosurgery research

Immunotherapy shows promise in treatment of Type 1 diabetes

ASU Biodesign researchers develop more potent, safer plant-based Zika vaccine

Nanotechnology wonders: Organ healing with a single touch!

Bioactive 'tissue papers' show potential for regenerative medicine

New LF-OCT technology enables more accurate imaging of cellular processes in the eye

UNC-Chapel Hill receives $1.6 million grant to help African-American patients with glaucoma

Timely diagnosis and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome can prevent long-lasting damage

University of Rhode Island professor leads team expanding clinical practice guidelines for neck pain

Botulinum neurotoxin type X holds potential to open up new field of toxin therapeutics

Drug puts a $750,000 ‘price tag on life’

Xavant Technology's neuromodulation device receives FDA clearance for treatment of chronic intractable pain

Cell signaling molecules may be key to repairing diabetic nerve injury

HIV hides in more types of bone marrow cells than previously thought, research shows

Researchers use imaging techniques to collect massive data on individual brains

Research findings may provide path to new faster-acting antidepressants

Hunger-controlling brain cells offer potential targets for new drugs to treat obesity

New substance restores brain function in Alzheimer's animal model

Scientists develop new surgical method to reconnect sensory neurons with spinal cord after injury

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