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Neurodegenerative Disease
Neurodegenerative Diseases: are debilitating and incurable conditions that result in progressive degeneration and / or death of nerve cells. These neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide. Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are the most common types.
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OCT 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For people that suffer from diseases with no treatments, the outlook can be bleak. One such illness is Charcot-Marie-Too ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new test may detect the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob ...OCT 04, 2016Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative brain disease that has gotten a lot of attention in the pr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found a critical link between all types of Parkinson’s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2016Neuroscience
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a big deal, for the patient and also for family members who now have to ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2016Neuroscience
The Mediterranean diet is one that is known to be heart healthy. Study after study has shown that eating a diet that is ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 01, 2016Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
University College London scientists reported a potential new method of detecting Parkinson’s disease with a retin ...AUG 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The most intricate man-made origami structure may pale in comparison to the body’s natural origamis: 3-dimenstiona ...AUG 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a kind of protein that are important in normal metabolic processes, and also the cellular ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), AKA the progressive neurodegenerative disease that inspired millions of people to ra ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 03, 2016Neuroscience
When a person sleeps, the brain is still very hard at work. Everything that someone sees, does or learns in the average ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 01, 2016Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 23, 2016Health & Medicine
You have probably heard of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzhe ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUL 20, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – July 20, 2016 – In a new study, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have iden ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 12, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Introns and extrons are the snippets of genetic information that must be altered before messenger RNA (mRNA) can continu ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 05, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 1 million patients in th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 29, 2016Neuroscience
To drink, or not to drink, that is the question for some. While almost every scientific study done on excessive drinking ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein quality control (PQC) is incredibly important for cellular health and viability. It is critical for cell surviva ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 16, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Some mutations in the DNA are harmless, and a person could go their entire life with the mutation and never know. Other ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 12, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 11, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, figured out how Toxoplasma gondii causes neurodegenerative disea ...Written By: Kerry Evans
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For people that suffer from diseases with no treatments, the outlook can be bleak. One such illness is Charcot-Marie-Too
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new test may detect the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob
...
OCT 04, 2016
Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative brain disease that has gotten a lot of attention in the pr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found a critical link between all types of Parkinson’s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2016
Neuroscience
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a big deal, for the patient and also for family members who now have to
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Neuroscience
The Mediterranean diet is one that is known to be heart healthy. Study after study has shown that eating a diet that is
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 01, 2016
Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
University College London scientists reported a potential new method of detecting Parkinson’s disease with a retin
...
AUG 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The most intricate man-made origami structure may pale in comparison to the body’s natural origamis: 3-dimenstiona
...
AUG 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a kind of protein that are important in normal metabolic processes, and also the cellular
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), AKA the progressive neurodegenerative disease that inspired millions of people to ra
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 03, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person sleeps, the brain is still very hard at work. Everything that someone sees, does or learns in the average
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 01, 2016
Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
You have probably heard of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzhe
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUL 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – July 20, 2016 – In a new study, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have iden
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 12, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Introns and extrons are the snippets of genetic information that must be altered before messenger RNA (mRNA) can continu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 05, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 1 million patients in th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 29, 2016
Neuroscience
To drink, or not to drink, that is the question for some. While almost every scientific study done on excessive drinking
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein quality control (PQC) is incredibly important for cellular health and viability. It is critical for cell surviva
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 16, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Some mutations in the DNA are harmless, and a person could go their entire life with the mutation and never know. Other
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 11, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, figured out how Toxoplasma gondii causes neurodegenerative disea
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans