Aggressive Brain Cancer Driven By Two Collaborating Genes, Study
Medical News Today Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:32 AM PST
US researchers have discovered two genes that appear to work together as master switches to turn on hundreds of other genes that drive the most aggressive forms of brain cancer: they hope their findings will help develop completely new approaches to treat these incurable tumors... |
The future of brain-controlled devices
CNN Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:17 AM PST
In the shimmering fantasy realm of the hit movie "Avatar," a paraplegic Marine leaves his wheelchair behind and finds his feet in a new virtual world thanks to "the link," a sophisticated chamber that connects his brain to a computer. |
Gorres starts to speak
Sun Star Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:42 AM PST
FALLEN boxer, ALA boy Z “The Dream†Gorres continues to show dramatic improvement after his brain surgery, as he now starts to speak. “The brain surgery of Z has not affected his memory. read more |
Former inmate's brain injuries spur suit
CNews Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:28 AM PST
A former Headingley inmate who suffered brain injuries during a jailhouse assault last April is suing correctional officials for failing to protect him by not segregating him in a sex offender's unit. |
Prescription for growth
Lowell Sun Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:54 AM PST
PEPPERELL -- Peter Corvima says Tracie Ezzio has a computer for a brain. Standing behind the small counter at Pepperell Family Pharmacy, Ezzio greets by name everyone coming through the door and beckons those picking up new prescriptions, explaining to them the potential side effects of the drug they're picking up. |
Bats and fungus [Effect Measure]
ScienceBlogs Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:47 AM PST
The caves in the Dordogne department in southwest France are most famous for paleolithic cave paintings at Lascaux (the Dordogne is also famous for the being the home of microdot, whose blog The Brain Police is one of my daily reads). Now it has yet another claim to fame: the discovery of the first bat outside of the northeastern United States with White Nose Syndrome (WNS) Fungus ( Geomyces ... |
Benefit set for son of Beverly native
SouthtownStar Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:27 AM PST
Phoenix Reuwer is only 6 months old but already he has undergone two spinal cord surgeries and a variety of other medical procedures. "He's a trooper," said his mother, Megan Reuwer. Phoenix was born June 29 with spina bifida myelomeningocele, an irreversible developmental birth defect resulting in paralysis from the waist down. He also suffers from hydrocephalus (excessive fluid in the brain ... |
UCSB Scientists Discover How The Brain Encodes Memories At A Cellular Level
Medical News Today Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:17 AM PST
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a major discovery in how the brain encodes memories. The finding, published in the December 24 issue of the journal Neuron, could eventually lead to the development of new drugs to aid memory. The team of scientists is the first to uncover a central process in encoding memories that occurs at the level of the synapse, where neurons connect with each other ... |
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