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Donated embryo leads to stem cell line that generates nerve cells
But a devastating inherited nerve disease runs in her family, affecting her brother and threatening to kill or cripple any male child she has. So, the couple chose to conceive via in vitro fertilization, to have their embryos tested for the genetic
Source: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-donated-embryo-stem-cell-line.html -
Study links genetics, anti nerve-agent pills to Gulf War illness
The scientists found that veterans with a gene variant that complicates their bodies' efforts to metabolize chemicals in anti-nerve agent pills — pyridostigmine bromide, or PB — were up to 40 times more likely to have Gulf War illness symptoms than
Source: http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/veterans/2015/01/27/persian-gulf-war-illness-nerve-agent-pills/22363913/ -
Rare neurological disease shines light on health of essential nerve cells
White areas in the brain of a healthy dog show axons (neural conductive fibers) with normal myelin sheathing (white) are pictured. The brain of a dog that models a genetic disease called Pelizaeus Merzbacher shows a total absence of myelin …more.
Source: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-rare-neurological-disease-health-essential.html -
The Coming Boom In Brain Medicines
In the past five years the number of drugs being developed by large drugmakers for brain and nervous system disorders fell 50% to 129, according to NeuroPerspective, an industry newsletter. But now, thanks to scientific advances such as genetic
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2015/02/11/brain-boom-the-drug-companies-bringing-neuroscience-back-from-the-brink/ -
Bipartisan legislators propose increase in newborn disease screening
Krabbe, which affects just one in every 100,000 people in the U.S., damages the protective coating that surrounds nerve cells throughout the nervous system, according to the Mayo Clinic. Left untreated, the disease tends to claim the lives of its
Source: http://host.madison.com/daily-cardinal/bipartisan-legislators-propose-increase-in-newborn-disease-screening/article_5be34558-b285-11e4-b6dd-13674d6c1a3b.html
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