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... cells have been used on only three other disease models: Parkinson's disease, sickle cell anemia and hemophilia A. The ultimate goal is ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2009 - 4:17pm - 0 attachments

Medtronic today announced that its Reclaim(R) Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy has received CE (Conformite Europeene) Mark approval for the treatment of chronic, severe treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This is the first t ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2009 - 2:26pm - 0 attachments

TIRAT CARMEL, Israel, July 14 -- - Ten-Patient Feasibility Study Shows Safety and Potential for Non-Invasive Deep Brain Ablation InSightec Ltd. today announced that a team at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich has complet ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 16 2009 - 3:01pm - 0 attachments

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced plans to launch a new journal devoted to the molecular aspects of neurological science in both health and disease. The bimonthly journal will be peer-reviewed, online-only publication without c ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Jul 12 2009 - 7:00am - 0 attachments

A gene called Chd1 has been identified in a Nature study as crucial for embryonic stem cell pluripotency - the ability to differentiate into any type of cell.  Chd1 seems to act by keeping the genetic material open and there poised to express any gene. Ch ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Jul 8 2009 - 6:09pm - 0 attachments

DUBLIN, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - As the World Series of Poker Main Event Gets Underway The Poker Show Talks to Triple Bracelet Winner Jeff Lisandro and Checks in on the Progress of its Friends at the Biggest Poker Game on Earth DUBLIN, July 3 /PRNew ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 6 2009 - 7:49pm - 0 attachments

A multidisciplinary team at the University of Reading has developed a robot which is controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. This cutting edge research is the first step to examine how memories manifest themselves in the brain, an ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2008 - 4:12pm - 2 attachments

... various psychiatric and neurological pathologies, such as Parkinson's disease and schizophrenic disorders. Many studies on animals prove ... of the reward system observed particularly in cases of Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, normal ageing and drug and gambling ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 4 2009 - 12:29pm - 0 attachments

Antonio Egas Moniz was nominated for his contribution to science , the lobotomy. He wouldn't be my first or last pick for such a prestigious honor and apparently others feel the same way. In a case of severe poetic justice, the 1949 Nobel Prize ...

Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Jun 25 2009 - 2:34pm - 0 attachments

... for patients with conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, as well as several new treatments for cancer, ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 26 2009 - 7:00am - 0 attachments