Dr. James Rota Aug 15, 2008
Inflammation caused by mercury and other dental metals is frequent in patients with neurologic diseases such as multiple sclerosis or collagenous diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Patients suffering from CFS is another category with frequent metal allergy-mostly to nickel and mercury. (Malibu Times, CA)
Temple, Fox Chase and Geisinger create Keystone Institute for Translational Medicine Aug 13, 2008
The faculty at Temple School of Medicine's Basic and Clinical Departments are committed to collaborative research and training endeavors that will enable them to meaningfully contribute to the NIH roadmap initiative in clinical and translational science with efforts focused on investigations of autoimmune diseases; cardiovascular disease; neurologic diseases with viral etiologies; substance abuse; obesity and diabetes; cancer and molecular biology; thrombosis and pulmonary disease; and health... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Greg Selkoe keeps hipsters in the loop Mar 20, 2008
"It hasn't been easy. After the dot-com crash, people thought e-commerce wasn't such a great business model.But a handful of supporters had enough faith to invest money and time, including his father, Dennis Selkoe, a professor of neurologic diseases at Harvard Medical School, and Sam Gerson, former CEO of Filene's Basement, who mentored the young entrepreneur on how to organize his growing inventory. Selkoe's wife, Dina, who in 2001 earned concurrent degrees from Harvard Law School and the... (Boston Globe)
Scientists identify new gene tied to ALS Mar 1, 2008
"TDP-43 is also deposited in the neurons of people who have dementia," he says, "and, in a small number of ALS cases, dementia precedes loss of motor function." He wonders if Shaw's work will provide a better understanding not only of ALS mechanisms but also of common pathways between ALS and other neurologic diseases. Editor: Yan Liang. (Xinhua)
Precise Pictures Of Cell Target For Drugs Made Oct 29, 2007
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health - in part by the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke, the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and the Protein Structure Initiative - the Lundbeck Foundation and the Mather Charitable Foundations. The beamline used to obtain the X-ray crystal structures was supported by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. (Science Daily)
Tech and Emory leading the way in small science Oct 22, 2007
Various cancers and neurologic diseases are in the laboratory crosshairs, this in a world where particles are 50,000 times smaller (or more) than a single strand of hair. Heading the efforts are Dr. Gang Bao and Dr. Shuming Nie, biomedical engineers with international reputations who have joint appointments at the two universities. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Brain Implants Relieve Alzheimer's Damage Aug 31, 2007
Delivery of genes that led to production of an enzyme that breaks up amyloid showed robust clearance of plaques in the brains of the mice, notes Dennis Selkoe, Vincent and Stella Coates Professor of Neurologic Diseases at Harvard Medical School. These results support and encourage further investigation of gene therapy for treatment of this common and devastating disease in humans. (Science Daily)
Blood clotting protein may inhibit spinal cord regeneration Jul 4, 2007
The research was funded in part by grants from the German Research Foundation, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke (NIH/NINDS) and the Christopher Reeve and Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation. . (EurekAlert!)
Brandeis and Brigham and Women's Hospital license technology for Gaucher's to Amicus Therapeutics Feb 23, 2007
"This work helps explain the way pharmacological chaperones work to stabilize proteins that are rendered less stable by genetic mutations in diseases such as Gaucher, Anderson-Fabry, and other genetic disorders," explained Petsko, the Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Brandeis University and Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology and Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. "With this information it may be... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
RNA Map Provides First Comprehensive Understanding Of Alternative Splicing Nov 11, 2006
By offering a global understanding of how alternative splicing works across the genome, the map has implications for the treatment of a growing list of human neurologic diseases in which RNA regulation, and particularly RNA splicing, has been implicated as the primary cause, including certain types of cancer and a number of brain and muscle disorders ... There is a converging set of observations indicating that as neurologic diseases are better understood, alternative splicing is going to play... (Science Daily)
Link identified between age, cardiovascular disease Nov 4, 2006
"It's also a key to understanding the biological effects of inflammation, which increasingly seems to be implicated not only in heart disease but other chronic and neurologic diseases.". The research, which was done in test tubes and animal models, needs to be confirmed in humans before it could form the basis for new therapies. (EurekAlert!)
Texas Children's Hospital Ranks in the Nation's Top Five for Seventh Consecutive Year Jul 7, 2006
Texas Children's Hospital, with its medical school partner, Baylor College of Medicine, is renowned for expertise and breakthrough developments in the treatment of cancer, premature infants, cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, infectious diseases, pediatric neurologic diseases, diabetes, asthma, HIV/AIDS and attention-related disorders. Our goal is to continue to build a nationally and internationally recognized preeminent children's hospital. (Primezone Releases)
Novadaq to Present at Scientific and Investor Conferences Apr 25, 2006
About Novadaq Technologies Novadaq Technologies Inc. (TSX: NDQ) develops and commercializes medical devices based on its proprietary imaging platform for the diagnosis and treatment of human vascular, ophthalmic, and neurologic diseases and conditions. Novadaq's SPY Intra-operative Imaging System, commercially available worldwide, enables cardiac surgeons to visually assess coronary vasculature and bypass graft functionality during the course of open-heart bypass surgery. (Canada Newswire)
Newspaper coverage of neurologic conditions incorrect 20 percent of the time, study shows Mar 17, 2006
The study involved a content analysis of 1,203 newspaper articles published during 2003, with researchers analyzing whether stigmatizing language was used in U.S. newspaper coverage of neurologic diseases ... Eleven neurologic diseases were the focus, with a total of 21 percent (excluding wire stories) containing language deemed stigmatizing ... Dr. Sirven says newspapers cover neurologic diseases correctly most of the time, but the articles with stigmatizing language, errors or exaggerations... (EurekAlert!)
T Cells for Brain Cells Jan 2, 2006
"I think Schwartz's theory is right because it's been shown in a number of animal models," says Howard Weiner of the Center of Neurologic Diseases at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "There's a reasonable chance it'll work in humans." In further support, Gendelman's group reported in 2004 that transferring Copaxone-specific immune cells to mice protects neurons in a model of Parkinson's disease. (Scientific American)
