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Blood-brain barrier breakthrough for ALS and Alzheimer’s disease
A new blood-brain barrier-crossing platform enables the delivery of therapeutic molecules to the brain, offering potential treatments for ALS and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Researchers plan to image every cell in the human brain at unprecedented speed
Columbia-led team wins research grant to create fundamentally new maps that will chart cell diversity throughout the brains of humans.
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NIH-funded study finds new evidence that viruses may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease
Analysis of large data sets from post-mortem brain samples of people with and without Alzheimer's disease has revealed new evidence that viral species, particularly herpesviruses, may have a role in Alzheimer’s disease biology.
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Novel genetic mutation discovered in Parkinson’s disease
Researchers have identified the first case of a patient with Parkinson's disease carrying a mutation in the ACMSD gene...
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Stem cell breakthrough unlocks mystery of inherited heart condition
31 August 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Using advanced stem cell technology, scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have created a model of a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), an excessive thickening of the heart that is associated with a number of rare and common illnesses, some of which have a strong…