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Harnessing immune cells in the brain to ward off Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases – Neuroscience News

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Summary: Researchers have identified a protein that could be harnessed to help microglia in the brain ward off Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Source: The conversation Many neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions resulting from the loss of function or death of brain cells, remain largely incurable. Most available treatments target only one of the multiple …

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Arming the brain's 'maintenance' cells could help stave off Alzheimer's disease

Arming the brain’s ‘maintenance’ cells could help stave off Alzheimer’s disease

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Many neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions resulting from the loss of function or death of brain cells, remain largely incurable. Most available treatments target only one of the multiple processes that can lead to neurodegeneration, which may not be effective in treating symptoms or disease progression completely, if at all. But what if researchers harnessed the …

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Harnessing immune cells in the brain to ward off Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases

Harnessing immune cells in the brain to ward off Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases

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Many neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions resulting from the loss of function or death of brain cells, remain largely incurable. Most available treatments target only one of the multiple processes that can lead to neurodegeneration, which may not be effective in treating symptoms or disease progression completely, if at all. But what if researchers harnessed the …

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Surreal video of stressed cells helps biologists solve decades-old mystery

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Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have solved a decades-old mystery about how cells control their volume. Crowded rooms: how researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh solved a cellular mystery. A surreal video of stressed cells under a microscope has inspired a group of kidney physiologists and …

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Anti-aging drugs seek to eliminate ‘zombie’ cells – but could that be dangerous?

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Senescent cells are distinguished by the fact that they eventually stop multiplying but do not die as expected. Senescent cells help heal damaged tissue According to a recent study from the University of California, San Francisco, not all senescent cells are harmful “zombies” that must be eliminated to avoid age-related diseases. Instead, some of them …

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Ganglion cells created in mice to repair diseased eyes – Neuroscience News

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Summary: The researchers induced non-neural cells that mimic ganglion cells in the eyes of mice, effectively reducing the impact of certain eye diseases. They then hope to replicate their technique in humans to help restore vision lost due to eye disease. Source: University of Washington While fish, reptiles and even some birds can regenerate damaged …

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Discovery of a cancerous weakness: a new method pushes cancer cells into remission

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The most effective targets for precision medicine can be found using algorithms created by researchers at the University of Michigan. These algorithms successfully identify the weakest targets in ovarian cancer cells, the genes these cells depend on to live in the human body. Removal of cancer cells DNA DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule …

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Gene mutation leading to autism found to overstimulate brain cells – Neuroscience News

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Summary: A gene associated with autism overstimulates brain cells significantly more in neurons without mutation. Source: Rutgers University Scientists seeking to understand the basic brain mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder have discovered that a genetic mutation known to be associated with the disorder causes brain cells to be overstimulated far greater than that seen in …

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