Posts Tagged ‘myelin’
Grow myelin with cells sourced from skin
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Human brain cells made from reprogrammed skin cells may lead to new treatments for diseases such as multiple sclerosis and some rare, often fatal, childhood disorders. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Dec 21, 2012 11:21 - 1 Comment
Gene-swap therapy eases rare brain disease
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A new therapy that uses a virus to switch genes in the brain may help extend the lives of children with a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 12, 2012 11:36 - 2 Comments
In social isolation, brain makes less myelin
U. BUFFALO (US) — The brains of socially isolated animals make less myelin, the critical material that wraps the axons of neurons. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 2, 2012 12:55 - 1 Comment
How to create an ‘endless supply’ of cells
U. ROCHESTER (US) — A new discovery overcomes a significant technical hurdle to potential human stem cell therapy by ensuring an abundant supply of cells to study and ultimately treat disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 24, 2012 15:23 - 3 Comments
Eyes offer window into MS progression
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — An inexpensive, fast eye scan can accurately assess brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis and offer clues about how quickly the disease is progressing, two studies show. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 23, 2012 9:44 - 0 Comments
‘Tube’ view of nerve fibers may monitor MS
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A new discovery could be a powerful tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of brain diseases like multiple sclerosis that have links to myelin loss. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2012 11:59 - 2 Comments
Protein could undo MS nerve damage
UC DAVIS (US) — A protein that helps regenerate the protective covering around nerve cells is a “strong candidate” for drug development for diseases like multiple sclerosis, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 10, 2012 12:15 - 7 Comments
Therapy for MS prods brain to re-cloak neurons
CALTECH (US) — A new gene therapy, applied directly to the brain, may help protect neurons from damage by diseases like multiple sclerosis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 19, 2011 11:07 - 3 Comments
Method weeds out best stem cells for MS
U. BUFFALO/ U. ROCHESTER (US) — Scientists have discovered a precise way to isolate the specific stem cells needed to treat multiple sclerosis and a variety of childhood diseases caused by the brain’s inability to make myelin. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 30, 2011 11:50 - 2 Comments
Multiple sclerosis: Origin of abnormal cells found
UC DAVIS (US) — Researchers have discovered the source of cells involved in a phenomenon seen in the brains and spinal cords of people with multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 6, 2011 15:17 - 0 Comments
Software maps brain’s nerve bundles
BROWN U. (US) — Combining visual clarity with a Web-based digital map interface, computer scientists have created 2-dimensional software to examine neural connections in the human brain. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 24, 2011 14:50 - 0 Comments
Imaging clarifies domains’ role in MS
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Nanoscale imaging could lead to early detection, diagnosis, and possible treatments for multiple sclerosis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 9, 2010 11:28 - 1 Comment
More aggressive MS seen in blacks
U. BUFFALO (US)—Compared to Caucasians, fewer African Americans develop multiple sclerosis, but researchers say their disease progresses more rapidly and therapies are less effective. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2009 13:45 - 1 Comment
Kids with rewired brains read better
CARNEGIE MELLON (US)—Intensive instruction to improve reading skills in young children actually causes the brain to physically rewire itself, creating new white matter that improves communication within the brain. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2009 16:40 - 1 Comment
MS aggressive in kids, yet slow to disable
U. BUFFALO (US)—MRI brain scans show that multiple sclerosis is more aggressive and causes more brain lesions in patients diagnosed in childhood. However, researchers report that disabilities develop at a slower pace compared to those diagnosed with MS as adults. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 5, 2009 11:23 - 3 Comments
Drug improves mobility for some MS patients
U. ROCHESTER (US)—A drug that has shown promise treating a debilitating symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) is one step closer to market. Newly released findings from clinical trials in the United States and Canada show the experimental drug fampridine improves walking ability in some patients.
