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Combo Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumor May Lengthen Life Health Scout Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:08 AM PDT Study finds longer-term survival benefit with chemo and radiation. Research team developing new noninvasive brain-mapping technology PhysOrg Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:51 AM PDT Two Japanese scientists will arrive at the University of Houston next month to help develop a unique brain-mapping device that promises to deliver more comprehensive and accurate insights into the mind at a fraction of the cost of current technologies. 8 genes clue to childhood brain cancer: Researchers Global TV Regina Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:44 AM PDT Canadian researchers have narrowed in on a cause of childhood brain cancer, a discovery they said could one day lead to improved cancer treatments and better quality of life for patients. Deaths may be linked to Nasatir The Daily Aztec Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:33 AM PDT Faculty members wonder if Nasatir Hall 131might be contaminated after three deaths. Three people who have spent long periods of time in a specific room in Nasatir Hall have died after being diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer, according to faculty members who work in the building. Report To Congress Urges Accelerated Efforts To Create Breakthroughs On Traumatic Brain Injury Medical News Today Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:15 AM PDT St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center of Paterson, NJ, in conjunction with Congressman Bill Pascrell, Co-Chair Congressional Brain Injury Task Force (CBITF), will announce the official recommendations of theInternational Conference on Behavioral Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Report on March 12, 2009, at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center. Blood Test for Early Dementia Psych Central Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:45 AM PDT Researchers have developed a test that may help identify frontal lobe dementia (FTD). After Alzheimer’s disease, frontal lobe dementia is the form of dementia that occurs most frequently in patients younger than 65. In frontal lobe dementia, the disease process starts in the frontal lobe where large numbers of brain cells begin to die off. The [...] The Pleasure Centre - Trust Your Animal Instincts Medical News Today Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:18 AM PDT Pleasure and desire are essential to all human behaviour. In his new book, The Pleasure Centre, Oxford University neuroscientist, Morten Kringelbach, takes us on a voyage through the brain and mind and challenges us to trust our animal instincts in pursuit of pleasure. Stem Cell Scaffolding Makes New Brain Tissue After Stroke Damage Medical News Today Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:15 AM PDT Researchers in the UK inserted tiny scaffolds with stem cells attached into the stroke damaged brains of rats and found that they grew into new tissue to fill the holes made by the stroke damage. The research was led by Dr Mike Modo of the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and took place at the Institute of Psychiatry and University of Nottingham.

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