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Peptide 'fingerprint' enables earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease are caused by folding errors (misfolding) in proteins or peptides, i.e. by changes in their spatial structure. This is the result of minute deviations in the chemical composition of th
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Research reveals immune system uses two-step verification to defend agains
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
San Diego (California) [US], July 11 (ANI): Human immunodeficiency virus 1, or HIV-1, is well-known for its amazing ability to elude the immune system. Scripps Research scientists and associates have discovered how our innate immune system detects HIV-1 even when it is present in trace amoun
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Study reveals driving forces of Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease at present does not have a cure or effective therapy. The study suggested that due to gaps in our understanding of how progressive neurodegenerative disorder arises in the brain
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Study find that copper leads to protein aggregation, may cause Parkinson's
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Copper exposure in the environment and the protein alpha-synuclein in the human brain could play an important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Researchers were able to show how the protein takes on an unusual shape when exposed to large amounts
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Research shows new guidelines set to standardize swallowing fluoroscopy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Swallowing fluoroscopy is the most common diagnostic test for patients with swallowing problems caused by conditions such as stroke, head and neck cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, or prolonged intubation. In spite of its widespread use, there wasn't any stan
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Research shows women have more brain changes after menopause
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): Postmenopausal women may have more brain biomarkers called white matter hyperintensities than premenopausal women or men of the same age, according to a new study funded by the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.
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Protecting the brain from dementia by inducing abnormal protein aggregates
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are defined by the pathogenic accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain. Now, however, scientists have established that the p62 protein, which is involved in cellular protein degradation, can prevent
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KnowDis and IIT Delhi collaboration to accelerate drug discovery using AI
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI/PNN): The Machine Learning team at KnowDis & IIT-Delhi's Department of Chemical Engineering have joined hands to solve a critical problem of drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. This collaborat
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SBI Foundation, Social Alpha Select Top 4 Start-ups from Assistive Technol
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi/Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): A comfortable wearable assistive technology device for the deaf, a device for pressure injuries and bedsores, a biofluid based diagnostics tool to effectively manage central nervous system diseases and other neurodegenerative
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Study finds sleep quality matters over quantity
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): According to recent research, people who can pack the benefits of sleep into an efficient time window, show psychological resilience to neurodegenerative conditions that may fend off neurological disease.
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Sleep quality is more important than quantity: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): According to researchers at UC San Francisco, people who are gifted with genes that pack the benefits of slumber into an efficient time window, show psychological resilience and resistance to neurodegenerative conditions that may fend off neurological disease
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Scientists identity gene that could prevent Parkinson's disease
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 19 (ANI): Scientists from the University of Geneva have identified a key protein in flies, and also in mice, which plays a protective role against Parkinson's disease and could be a new therapeutic target.
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