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Christina Applegate reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): Emmy-winning American actor Christina Applegate recently revealed on social media that earlier this year she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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Abnormal response to cellular stress associated with Huntington's disease
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] June 24 (ANI): During a new University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found that the persistence of a marker of chronic cellular stress, previously associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia
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Study finds new gene that might increase risk of ALS
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers identified a new gene that may increase a person's risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The gene, called TP73, produces a protein to help regulate the life cycle of a cell.
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Genomic single-cell map explains neuronal death in epilepsy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): During a recent study, an interdisciplinary collaboration lead by CSIC deciphered the genetic map of hippocampal sclerosis, a key finding for the diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy.
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Scientists discover new genetic form of ALS in children
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 1 (ANI): In a study of 11 medical-mystery patients, an international team of researchers led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and the Uniformed Services University (USU) discovered a new and unique form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Researchers find exoskeleton therapy's benefits in people with multiple sc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Exoskeleton therapy improves mobility, cognition and brain connectivity in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to the findings of a new study.
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Ultrasound in the treatment of brain diseases
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Vienna [Austria], February 5 (ANI): Ultrasound is not only used as an imaging technique but targeted pulses of ultrasound can be used as a highly accurate treatment for a range of brain diseases, for which there were previously only limited treatment options.
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Childhood trauma could affect development, treatment of multiple sclerosis
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Illinois [US], January 30 (ANI): The trauma caused to children in childhood could affect the trajectory of multiple sclerosis development and response to treatment in adulthood, a new study in mice found.
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Study reveals childhood trauma could affect development, treatment of mult
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Illinois [US], January 29 (ANI): Childhood trauma could affect the trajectory of multiple sclerosis development and response to treatment in adulthood, a new study in mice found.
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Fatty acid may combat multiple sclerosis: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): The abnormal immune system response that causes multiple sclerosis (MS) by attacking and damaging the central nervous system can be set off by the lack of a specific fatty acid in fat tissue, suggests a new study by Yale University.
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Study finds that fatty acid may combat multiple sclerosis'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): A new study by Yale University explains that the abnormal immune system response that causes multiple sclerosis (MS) by attacking and damaging the central nervous system can be set off by the lack of a specific fatty acid in fat tissue.
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Gene therapy strategy found effective in mouse model of hereditary disease
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): A team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has now shown that gene therapy can effectively treat mice that express one of the mutated genes that cause the tuberous sclerosis complex disease.
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