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Family of Oregon City man assaulted in Portland's Old Town pleads for help The Oregonian Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:27 PM PST Robert Williams suffered major injuries to his brain in the attack and is on life support at OHSU. ProCure offers proton therapy for cancer The Edmond Sun Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:20 PM PST One of Oklahoma’s claims to fame that many people are just finding out about is the Oklahoma City ProCure Proton Therapy Center on Memorial Road. The center opened in July of 2009 and is treating patients diagnosed with a broad range of tumor types including head and neck, brain, central nervous system, prostate, lung, sarcomas, gastrointestinal and many pediatric cancers. Leukemia drug shows promise in Parkinson's San Antonio Express-News Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:42 PM PST share: digg facebook twitter A drug already used in some leukemia patients prevented brain cells linked to Parkinson's disease from being destroyed in mice, a finding that could point to a way to slowing progression of the disease, San Antonio researchers will report Wednesday. “In Parkinson's disease, we know the number of patients is increasing,” said Syed Imam, the lead author of the paper ... Guard study: effects of mild brain injury fade over time Minnesota Public Radio Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:46 PM PST Results from an ongoing survey of Minnesota National Guard troops show that most cases of mild brain injury or concussion are likely to fade over time. Obesity Research Targets The Brain’s Use Of Fatty Acids redOrbit Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:03 PM PST Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have created a new and exciting mouse model to study how lipid sensing and metabolism in the brain relate to the regulation of energy balance and body weight. The research team, led by Hong Wang, PhD, created mice with a deficiency of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in neurons, and observed two important reactions. First, the mouse models ate ... Lighting up 2011 Big Bear Grizzly Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:56 PM PST Snow Summit's annual torchlight parade on New Year's Even saw a cavalcade of skiers and snowboarders traverse the slopes carrying torches to signal the new year. Among the special guests was Nigel Holland who has spent the past two years recovering from a brain tumor. He and his dad and brother were among the torch bearers. 'UnZIPPING' zinc protects hippocampal neurons EurekAlert! Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:18 PM PST ( Baylor College of Medicine ) Researchers in the Blue Bird Circle Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory in the department of neurology at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered that zinc enters cells through specialized protein gates known as ZIP transporters, and removing these ZIP proteins from cells in the hippocampus (an area of the brain that facilitates storing and retrieving memory ... Malfunctioning gene associated with Lou Gehrig's disease leads to nerve-cell death in mice PhysOrg Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:16 PM PST (PhysOrg.com) -- Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) are characterized by protein clumps in brain and spinal-cord cells that include an RNA-binding protein called TDP-43. This protein is the major building block of the lesions formed by these clumps.

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