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Study identifies risk for some childhood cancer patients developing second
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 30 (ANI): Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge found that in children with neuroblastoma - a cancer of immature nerve cells - treatment with platinum chemotherapy caused changes to the genome that could then cause leukaemia in some ch
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Chemical protecting nerve cells also slows down glaucoma: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 17 (ANI): Researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine recently conducted a study on rats which suggested that the chemical which protects nerve cells also slows glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness.
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Study reveals glaucoma may be more than eye pressure issue
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 14 (ANI): A new study conducted in rats shows that chemical known to protect nerve cells also slows glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness.
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Scientists demonstrate how glial cells control scar formation in brain
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 28 (ANI): When the brain suffers injury or infection, glial cells surrounding the affected site act to preserve the brain's sensitive nerve cells and prevent excessive damage. A team of researchers from Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin has been able to demonstrate t
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Research suggests our confidence in decision making is determined by nerve
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): Researchers, on a different study, unexpectedly found that individual nerve cells in the brain can reveal about the confidence level of an individual while making decisions.
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Nerve cell activity shows how confident individuals are
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Bonn suggests that the activity of individual nerve cells in the brain tells us how confident we are in our decisions.
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Autistic people's nerve cells differ before birth, study finds
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): Brain cells of autistic people develop differently as compared to those of other individuals, according to a recent study.
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Autistic people's nerve cells differ before birth
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): A new study shows that in human brain cells, the atypical development starts at the very earliest stages of brain organization, at the level of individual brain cells.
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Study suggests new approach for chronic pain treatment
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 19 (ANI): The impact of chronic pain includes damage to mental and physical health, lower productivity, and drug addiction. A new study led by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests an original approach to treating this affliction, by targeting a k
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Rare tumour extracted from the 36-year-old patient at Manipal Hospitals Ba
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Feb 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Manipal Hospitals Bangalore achieved yet another medical marvel by successfully removing a rare tumor of the nerve cells, 'Paraganglioma' which was secreting excess hormone and was present at the lower back, near the spine of 36-year-old
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This jetlag drug could ease chemotherapy pain
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 18 (ANI): Painful side effects from cancer medicines could be tackled with a drug that eases the effects of jetlag, a recent research has suggested.
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Nerve growth protein help maintain blood sugar: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.15 (ANI): A recent study shows that protein that regulates the development of nerve cells also helps in prompting cells in the pancreas to release insulin, a hormone that helps to maintain a normal level of blood sugar, says a study.
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