More NFL players pledge to donate brain after death
Sports Illustrated Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:09 AM PST
BOSTON (AP) -- Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Haynes and current Chicago Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer are among more than a dozen NFL players who have pledged to donate their brain and spinal cord tissue for concussion research. |
FDA Collaboration Seeks to Speed Development of Pneumococcal Vaccines for Children in Developing Countries
U. S. Food and Drug Administration Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:45 AM PST
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a collaboration with PATH to advance development of a vaccine to protect children against diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), especially pneumonia. Worldwide, the bacterium also causes infections of the brain (meningitis), blood (sepsis), and middle ear (otitis media) and each year kills about 1 million children ... |
Football: More players pledge to donate brain after death
The Record-Courier Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:34 AM PST
BOSTON - Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Haynes and current Chicago Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer are among more than a dozen NFL players who have pledged to donate their brain and spinal cord tissue for concussion research. Retired players Zach Thomas, Kyle Turley and Conrad Dobler also have said they'll help the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School ... |
Seeing the brain hear reveals surprises about how sound is processed
PhysOrg Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:42 AM PST
New research shows our brains are a lot more chaotic than previously thought, and that this might be a good thing. Neurobiologists at the University of Maryland have discovered information about how the brain processes sound that challenges previous understandings of the auditory cortex, which had suggested an organization based on precise neuronal maps. In the first study of the auditory cortex ... |
Beyond liver transplants: Acutely damaged livers may be repaired via transplanted hepatocytes
EurekAlert! Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:33 AM PST
( Cell Transplantation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair ) Alternatives to liver transplantation are needed because of the shortage of liver donors. A research team in Taiwan has evaluated the transplantation of liver cells in animal models to assess efficacy. They found that enhanced proliferation of even small numbers of liver cells could reverse liver failure. Additionally, they ... |
Elekta Launches New Web Site for Global Health Care Community
redOrbit Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:14 AM PST
ATLANTA, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ - Elekta has launched a new corporate Web site that provides healthcare professionals, patients, investors and the public with new ways to interact, navigate and browse information about Elekta's solutions for treating cancer and brain disorders. |
More NFL players to donate brains after death
ESPN Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:12 AM PST
Hall of Famer Mike Haynes and current Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer are among more than a dozen NFL players who have pledged to donate their brain and spinal cord tissue for concussion research. |
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