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Brain and spinal cord diseases
Brian and spinal cord diseases are those that impact key these parts of the nervous system. Examples of brain disorders include dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and brain cancer. Spinal cord diseases can include hematomas, tumors, and herniated discs.
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JUN 20, 2018Immunology
Several immune cells help fungi infect the brain and cause meningitis when they should be doing the exact opposite. From ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have determined a cause of irritable bowel syndrome and disease, which impacts over ten percent of the world' ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2018Videos
Ataxia is a degenerative neurological disease that affects movement. It happens in the part of the brain called the cere ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 02, 2018Videos
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system estimated to affect 2.5 million people worldwide. In ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Simply looking out for the classic warning signs of a meningococcal infection may cause some cases to go unnoticed - at ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 17, 2018Immunology
A new mouse model allows researchers to study the impact of immune cell function in the brain on diseases like amyotroph ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 09, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a slowly progressive disease characterized by the buildup of abnormal deposits of a ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 25, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system where the affected individual’s imm ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 16, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
This new tool, SPLiT-seq, uses barcoding to tease out the genetic information in individual cells within tissue.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2018Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating neurological disorder that is thought to be caused by a problem with the immune ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 30, 2018Immunology
High levels of testosterone in men is part of the reason that they are less likely than women to develop multiple sclero ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 01, 2017Health & Medicine
Chronic pain is a condition that impacts about 1.5 billion people in the world. The causes of it are varied, from trauma ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 31, 2017Videos
Meningitis is a serious infection that causes the inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. T ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 19, 2017Immunology
In discovering a new pathway between the spinal cord, adrenal glands, and the immune system, scientists from Charit&eacu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For women, not having enough vitamin D not only increases their risk for osteoporosis, but also the risk for developing ...SEP 05, 2017Neuroscience
After a stroke or spinal cord injury, many patients cannot walk at all or have trouble with walking and need assistance ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 15, 2017Neuroscience
When talking about rhythm, something that comes to mind is music. Tapping along to the beat of a favorite song or being ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials are warning Florida residents to be especially cautious given the “alarming” spread of a br ...JUN 29, 2017Neuroscience
When you think about the brain, how much it does, how resilient it is, while at the same time how easily it can be damag ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 30, 2017Infographics
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was a success, raising over $115 million for research and patient services, but what’ ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAPR 26, 2017Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioAPR 22, 2017Videos
This video from Nature discusses the pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Learn about what happens ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Travelers heading to the beautiful Hawaiian paradise should be warned to avoid raw snails and slugs. Hawaiian state offi ...APR 12, 2017Microbiology
I just got a postcard in the mail from my veterinarian. They say it’s time for my dog to get her rabies vaccinatio ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUN 20, 2018
Immunology
Several immune cells help fungi infect the brain and cause meningitis when they should be doing the exact opposite. From
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have determined a cause of irritable bowel syndrome and disease, which impacts over ten percent of the world'
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2018
Videos
Ataxia is a degenerative neurological disease that affects movement. It happens in the part of the brain called the cere
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 02, 2018
Videos
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system estimated to affect 2.5 million people worldwide. In
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 27, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Simply looking out for the classic warning signs of a meningococcal infection may cause some cases to go unnoticed - at
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 17, 2018
Immunology
A new mouse model allows researchers to study the impact of immune cell function in the brain on diseases like amyotroph
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 09, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a slowly progressive disease characterized by the buildup of abnormal deposits of a
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 25, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system where the affected individual’s imm
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
This new tool, SPLiT-seq, uses barcoding to tease out the genetic information in individual cells within tissue.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2018
Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating neurological disorder that is thought to be caused by a problem with the immune
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 30, 2018
Immunology
High levels of testosterone in men is part of the reason that they are less likely than women to develop multiple sclero
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 01, 2017
Health & Medicine
Chronic pain is a condition that impacts about 1.5 billion people in the world. The causes of it are varied, from trauma
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 31, 2017
Videos
Meningitis is a serious infection that causes the inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. T
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 19, 2017
Immunology
In discovering a new pathway between the spinal cord, adrenal glands, and the immune system, scientists from Charit&eacu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For women, not having enough vitamin D not only increases their risk for osteoporosis, but also the risk for developing
...
SEP 05, 2017
Neuroscience
After a stroke or spinal cord injury, many patients cannot walk at all or have trouble with walking and need assistance
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 15, 2017
Neuroscience
When talking about rhythm, something that comes to mind is music. Tapping along to the beat of a favorite song or being
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials are warning Florida residents to be especially cautious given the “alarming” spread of a br
...
JUN 29, 2017
Neuroscience
When you think about the brain, how much it does, how resilient it is, while at the same time how easily it can be damag
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 30, 2017
Infographics
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was a success, raising over $115 million for research and patient services, but what’
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
APR 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
APR 22, 2017
Videos
This video from Nature discusses the pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Learn about what happens
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Travelers heading to the beautiful Hawaiian paradise should be warned to avoid raw snails and slugs. Hawaiian state offi
...
APR 12, 2017
Microbiology
I just got a postcard in the mail from my veterinarian. They say it’s time for my dog to get her rabies vaccinatio
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans