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U of Minnesota researchers discover noninvasive diagnostic tool for brain diseases
08-22-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Brain Sciences Center at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center have identified a noninvasive and painless way to diagnose complex brain diseases.
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- U of MN researchers discover noninvasive diagnostic tool for brain diseases
08-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Brain Sciences Center at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center have identified a noninvasive and painless way to diagnose complex brain diseases.
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- Levels of prion protein in brain may not be reliable marker for disease
11-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
Rapid diagnostic testing used to check for the presence of prion diseases such as "mad cow disease" might fail to identify some highly infectious samples, researchers have found.
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- 'GreeneChip' -- New diagnostic tool that rapidly and accurately identifies multiple pathogens
12-06-2006 · EurekAlert!
Researchers in the Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and their colleagues in the WHO Global Laboratory Network have developed a new tool for pathogen surveillance and discovery -- the GreeneChip System. The GreeneChip is the first tool to provide comprehensive, differential diagnosis of infectious diseases, including those caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites.
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- New nanoparticle could provide simple early diagnosis of many diseases
08-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
Georgia Tech and Emory University researchers have created a new nanoparticle that could someday act as a virtually all-purpose diagnostic tool to detect many inflammatory diseases in their earliest stages, including heart disease, Alzheimer's, heart disease and arthritis. The specially-designed nanoparticles seek out hydrogen peroxide (thought to be overproduced in trace amounts in the early stages of most diseases that involve some sort of chronic inflammation in the body), and emit light when they encounter it.
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- Researchers develop criteria to detect bone mass deficiencies in children with chronic diseases
06-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
Pediatricians now have a practical tool to help determine whether children with chronic diseases like Crohn's, juvenile arthritis and anorexia nervosa -- or those undergoing cancer treatment -- are at increased risk for bone mass deficiencies, fracture or osteoporosis as they get older, according to a new study whose lead author is a researcher at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
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- Researchers link metal ions to neurodegenerative disease
08-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers have defined for the first time how metal ions bind to amyloid fibrils in the brain in a way that appears toxic to neurons. Amyloid fibrils are linked to the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob. Although metal ions, most notably copper, can bind to amyloid in several specific ways, the researchers found that only one way appears toxic.
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- Researchers hot on the trail of brain cell degeneration
03-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
A research team headed by Academy Research Fellow Michael Courtney has identified a new molecular pathway in neurons. The pathway is a factor in the degeneration of brain cells, which in turn plays an important role in neurological conditions and diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and stroke.
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- How many genes does it take to learn? Lessons from sea slugs
12-28-2006 · EurekAlert!
At any given time within just a single brain cell of sea slug known as Aplysia, more than 10,000 genes are active, according to scientists writing in Cell. Researchers also analyzed 146 human genes implicated in 168 neurological disorders, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, and genes controlling aging and stem-cell differentiation. They found 104 counterpart genes in Aplysia, suggesting it will be a valuable tool for developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Scientists use nanoparticle to discover disease-causing proteins
02-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
A complex molecule and snake venom may provide researchers with a more reliable method of diagnosing human diseases and developing new drugs.
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- U of M researchers discover a pathway to turn off immune system cells
01-31-2008 · EurekAlert!
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a new way to turn genes off in human T cells, a type of white blood cell that helps the immune system fight infections.Turning off genes, through a process known as mRNA decay, is important for regulating the body's immune response after fighting infection. This research could lead to development of new drugs that turn off the immune system in patients with autoimmune diseases -- such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
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