Scientists find inhibiting action of BRD4 protein may eradicate rare type of...
A deadly, rare type of soft-tissue cancer may be completely eradicated simply by inhibiting a key protein involved in its growth, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
View ArticleStudy reveals neurons in brain can combine signals of individual elements...
When you learn how to play the piano, first you have to learn notes, scales and chords and only then will you be able to play a piece of music. The same principle applies to speech and to reading,...
View ArticleIDH1 gene mutation determines best treatment for malignant astrocytomas
​Astrocytomas are the most common malignant brain tumors. While most patients' tumors prove to be quite aggressive, outcomes overall can vary widely, with some patients surviving for many years.
View ArticleResearchers examine link between gender and genetic disorder
A genetic disorder that affects about 1 in every 2,500 births can cause a bewildering array of clinical problems, including brain tumors, impaired vision, learning disabilities, behavioral problems,...
View ArticleStudy establishes innovative approaches to improve vision of young children...
Robert Avery, DO, MSCE, of Children's National Health System and colleagues are establishing innovative approaches with technology and medication to improve the vision of young children who have visual...
View ArticleTeenagers with autism spectrum disorder are more likely to wish to be another...
Children and teenagers with an autism spectrum disorder or those who have attention deficit and hyperactivity problems are much more likely to wish to be another gender.
View ArticleChildren with ASD and ADHD are more likely to exhibit gender variance
John F. Strang, PsyD, a pediatric neuropsychologist at Children's National Health System, and colleagues, found that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) or attention deficit hyperactivity...
View ArticleSurgeons perform first auditory brainstem implant operation in Northeast Ohio
Surgeons at University Hospitals Case Medical Center have completed the first auditory brainstem implant (ABI) operation in Northeast Ohio on a woman who has lost most of her hearing due to benign...
View ArticleThomson Reuters, Children's Tumor Foundation partner to create...
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced an expansion of its...
View ArticleUnderstanding how some cells in the brain and nervous system turn cancerous
Scientists from the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York with the help of Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have completed research which for the...
View ArticleEnzyme therapy may prevent skeletal abnormalities associated with...
An enzyme therapy may prevent skeletal abnormalities associated with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type-1, Vanderbilt investigators have discovered.
View ArticleScientists solve mystery of why specific signaling pathway can be linked with...
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have solved the mystery of why a specific signaling pathway can be associated with alcohol dependence.
View ArticleResearchers find learning and memory components of neurofibromatosis using...
Using a zebrafish model of a human genetic disease called neurofibromatosis (NF1), a team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that the learning and memory...
View ArticleResearchers explore gene expression in normal vestibular nerves, vestibular...
Researchers from the University of Toronto, directed by Drs. Gelareh Zadeh and Boris Krischek, investigated gene expression in normal vestibular nerves and vestibular schwannomas (VSs).
View ArticleEpilepsy: A true window on the brain
Rapidly emerging technologies, novel imaging techniques, the development of new therapies and new genes, have given researchers and clinicians an extraordinary ability to explore the brain at the...
View ArticleScientists awarded grant to investigate new drug-based treatment for NF2
Scientists from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have been awarded a grant from young person's cancer charity The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust to investigate a new...
View ArticleResearch finding could lead to new therapies for preventing growth of...
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have determined the specific type of cell that gives rise to large, disfiguring tumors called plexiform neurofibromas, a finding that could lead to new...
View ArticleCellular mechanisms of alcohol dependence: an interview with Dr Sanna, TSRI
In the brain there are both excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters. These are molecules that are released from nerve endings in the brain and in the periphery and either excite or inhibit other...
View ArticleUT Southwestern researchers identify possible therapy to treat...
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a possible therapy to treat neurofibromatosis type 1 or NF1, a childhood neurological disease characterized by learning deficits and autism...
View ArticleSlow-growing tumors have treatment-resistant stem cells, shows study
Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that ability also is cause for concern in cancer treatment.
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