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Needle-in-a-haystack search identifies potential brain disease drug

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Scientists who examined more than 10,000 chemical compounds during the last year in search of potential new drugs for a group of untreatable brain diseases, are reporting that one substance shows unusual promise. The early positive signs for so-call…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health, Life & Non-humans

The genetic basis of brain diseases

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In research published today, scientists have studied human brain samples to isolate a set of proteins that accounts for over 130 brain diseases. The paper also shows an intriguing link between diseases and the evolution of the human brain.
Brain d…

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Stem cell advance a step forward for treatment of brain diseases

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Scientists have created a way to isolate neural stem cells — cells that give rise to all the cell types of the brain — from human brain tissue with unprecedented precision, an important step toward developing new treatments for conditions of the…

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Singapore scientist leads team to discover origin of brain immune cells

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A team of international scientists led by Dr Florent Ginhoux of the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) of Singapore’s Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), have made a breakthrough that could lead to a better understanding of many ne…

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Eyes of cattle may become new windows to detect mad cow disease

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The eyes may or may not be windows to the soul, as the old adage goes, but scientists are reporting evidence that a peek into the eyes of cattle may become the basis for a long-sought test to detect infection with the agent that causes Mad Cow Disea…

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