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A glimmer of hope in the struggle against neurodegenerative diseases: the virtues of proteins that can save dying neurons
Diseases characterized by neurodegeneration affect individuals over 50 years of age and they attack one particular class of neurons in the brain or spinal cord. The research interest of Professor Ann Kato and her team is principally focalized on ALS in which there is a progressive paralysis caused... view more (2002-01-25)

QBI neuroscientists make Alzheimer's disease advance
Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientists at UQ have discovered a new way to reduce neuronal loss in the brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2008-06-10)

Passive smoking almost doubles risk of degenerative eye disease
Passive smoking almost doubles the risk of the progressively degenerative eye disease, age related macular degeneration, shows research in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.   view more (2005-12-20)

Smoking linked to blindness
Smokers are up to four times as likely to become blind in later life from age related macular degeneration (AMD) than non-smokers, but many remain largely unaware of this risk, warn researchers in this week's BMJ. AMD is the most common cause of adult blindness, which results in severe... view more (2004-03-03)

Researchers hot on the trail of brain cell degeneration
A research team headed by Academy Research Fellow Michael Courtney has identified a new molecular pathway in neurons. The pathway is a factor in the degeneration of brain cells, which in turn plays an important role in neurological conditions and diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and... view more (2007-03-20)

Cholesterol lowering drugs may prevent degenerative eye disease (macular degeneration)
Statins, the drugs used to lower blood cholesterol, may help prevent the degenerative eye disease known as age related maculopathy or macular degeneration, finds research in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.   view more (2003-08-14)

Discovery will assist treatment and research into fatal brain disorder
Research using newly developed Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology could soon allow clinicians to confirm Huntington's disease before symptoms appear in people who have the gene for the fatal brain disease.   view more (2008-06-17)

Wellcome Trust grant to investigate degenerative brain diseases known as `tauopathies`
Dr Julian Thorpe, head of the Electron Microscopy Lab at the University of Sussex, will be working towards a better understanding of degenerative brain diseases thanks to a £247,000 grant from the Wellcome Trust. He is taking a very close look at a possible contributory cause of nerve cell... view more (2002-04-17)

Commercial Driving Not Linked To Permanent Back Injury
Authors of a study published on THE LANCET's website-www.thelancet.com-provide new evidence to suggest that the risk of permanent back injury is not increased among occupational drivers. Back problems are reported more by occupational drivers than by any other occupational group. One explanation... view more (2002-10-11)

Scientists link another gene to degenerative blindness
Researchers have labored for decades to understand blindness-inducing neurodegenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP).   view more (2006-01-19)

Cell Therapy for Parkinson's Disease
According to research work at the University Hospital, cell therapy could improve many of the motor deficits of patients with Parkinson's Disease.   view more (2004-05-03)

UK researcher finds 'switching' compound for angiogenesis
For the second time in a week Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, UK HealthCare physician and associate professor and vice chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, announced a discovery from his lab that will affect the future of macular degeneration treatment and research.   view more (2006-02-03)

Salk and Stanford teams join forces to reveal two paths of neurodegeneration
Wiring the developing brain is like creating a topiary garden. Shrubs don't automatically assume the shape of ornamental elephants, and neither do immature nerve cells immediately recognize the "right" target cell. Abundant foliage, either vegetal or neuronal, must first sprout and then... view more (2006-06-15)

Cell phone use not linked to cancer risk
Long or short-term cell phone use is not associated with increased cancer risk, according to a study in the December 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.   view more (2006-12-06)

Protein protects against nerve degeneration
A protein called NMNAT protects against nerve cell degeneration in fruit flies and mice, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report in the Public Library of Science Biology that appears online today.   view more (2006-12-01)

Antioxidants do not prevent degenerative eye disease
A diet rich in antioxidant vitamins and minerals does not seem to prevent the degenerative eye disease known as age related macular degeneration, finds a study published on bmj.com today.   view more (2007-10-09)

University of Kentucky researcher identifies key to macular degeneration progression
Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati UK HealthCare physician and Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, announced a discovery by his research team that will impact how physicians and patients approach treatment for macular degeneration.   view more (2006-01-31)

Early treatment of macular degeneration with macugen may help patients preserve their vision
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in older patients in the developed world.   view more (2005-10-07)

Model to study age-related macular degeneration could pave way for better treatment
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have created the first animal model of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) caused by a mutation known to produce disease in people, an important first step in developing treatments.   view more (2007-10-10)

Regular exercise can stave off degenerative eye disease
Regular exercise can cut the likelihood of developing the degenerative eye disease, age related macular degeneration by 70%.   view more (2006-10-31)

Award-winning study says back pain may be in your genes
What do you learn by looking at the spines of hundreds of Finnish twins? If you are the international team of researchers behind the Twin Spine Study, you find compelling proof that back pain problems may be more a matter of genetics than physical strain.   view more (2008-04-09)

Age-related vision problems may be associated with cognitive impairment
Older patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration and reduced vision may be more likely to also have cognitive impairment, or problems with thinking, learning and memory.   view more (2006-04-11)

Gene variant increases risk of blindness
Researchers have found a gene variant that can more than double the risk of developing the degenerative eye disease, age-related macular degeneration.   view more (2007-07-19)

New research suggests heart bypass surgery increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have discovered that patients who have either coronary artery bypass graft surgery or coronary angioplasty are at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2005-08-26)

Standing up to paraplegia with gene therapy
Elena Rugarli and colleagues from the National Neurological Institute in Milan have used gene therapy to save sensory and skeletal muscle nerve fibers from degeneration in mice with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP).   view more (2005-12-16)
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