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Friday Science Review: April 30, 2010

Maybe these primary research projects will lead to the next great “Dendreon” story… Mirror-rorriM Movement Disorder: Defects in the proper connections between the left and right sides of the brain can lead to involuntary movements where one side of the body follows or mirrors the movement of the other side.  A study of two families [...]

Friday Science Review: February 5, 2010

Several neurological related stories this week and quantum biology? Glial Cells – They’ll turn against you: An unusual molecule can turn glial cells, which normally surround neurons, into killer cells that attack the neurons they are suppose to protect.  Researchers made the surprising discovery of proNGF’s role while trying to figure out its function in [...]

Friday Science Review: December 11, 2009

WOW!  A busy week in the bioscience world… Pull Down Your ‘SOCS’ and Grow Some Nerves: A long standing question is how to get mature neurons, which stop growing at around the age of two, to start growing again after sustaining nerve damage.  The answer may lie in a protein called SOCS3 (suppressor of cytokine [...]

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