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PneuStep — MRI-safe motor makes robotic biopsies possible
Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Urology Robotics Lab report the invention of a motor without metal or electricity that can safely power remote-controlled robotic medical devices used for cancer biopsies and therapies guided by magnetic resonance imaging.   view more (2007-04-09)

The people's robot
Industrial robot components are costly. For researchers or teachers, this means reaching deep into thin wallets. VolksBot, an affordable off-the-shelf solution, saves precious development time and brings robotics to the consumer market. It will be shown at CeBIT trade fair. When Commodore launched... view more (2004-02-26)

Oxford Biomedica Obtains Further Fundamental Patent For Lentiviral Gene Therapy Technology
Oxford BioMedica plc announced today that it has received allowance from the US Patent Office for a further patent covering its proprietary LentiVector technology. This additional patent compliments the US patent 6,312,682 issued in November 2001 and both include broad composition of matter claims... view more (2003-08-13)

Einstein scientists discover cause and possible treatments for hereditary movement disorder
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered the underlying cause of a type of ataxia, hereditary disorders characterized by poor balance, loss of posture and difficulty performing rapid coordinated movement.   view more (2006-03-02)

Protein plays Jekyll and Hyde role in Lou Gehrig's disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movements from walking and swallowing to breathing. In a groundbreaking study this week in... view more (2008-07-29)

Research shines spotlight on a key player in the dance of chromosomes
Cell division is essential to life, but the mechanism by which emerging daughter cells organize and divvy up their genetic endowments is little understood. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois and Columbia University report on how a key motor protein orchestrates chromosome... view more (2008-05-14)

New compound stops brain cell degeneration in Alzheimer's disease
Drug discovery researchers at Northwestern University have developed a novel orally administered compound specifically targeted to suppress brain cell inflammation and neuron loss associated with Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2006-01-20)

Zinc plays important role in brain circuitry
To the multitude of substances that regulate neuronal signaling in the brain and spinal cord add a new key player: zinc. By engineering a mouse with a mutation affecting a neuronal zinc target, researchers have demonstrated a central role for zinc in modulating signaling among the neurons.   view more (2006-11-27)

Lipids play important role in nervous system development
Blocking a signaling lipid can keep nerves from developing the arm-like extensions they need to wire the body and may even cause neurons to die, researchers have found.   view more (2005-10-25)

Study of marine snail leads to new insights into long-term memory
UCLA cellular neuroscientists are providing new insights into the mechanisms that underlie long-term memory - research with the potential to treat long-term memory disorders.   view more (2008-06-20)

Transcutaneous cervical esophageal ultrasound can not substitute for 24-h pH monitoring or manometry
24-h pH monitoring and esophageal manometry are the gold standards of methods used for diagnosing GER and esophageal motor disorders, respectively   view more (2007-10-10)

Carnegie Mellon scientists investigate initial molecular mechanism that triggers neuronal firing
Carnegie Mellon University chemists have solved a decade-long molecular mystery that could eventually help scientists develop drug therapies to treat a variety of disorders, including epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2007-08-22)

Drugs for Parkinson's disease may ease stroke-related disability
Scientists have untangled two similar disabilities that often afflict stroke patients, in the process revealing that one may be treatable with drugs for Parkinson's disease.   view more (2007-04-04)

Teens making poor choices when it comes to riding in vehicles
Injury prevention experts have long known that teens are less likely than other motorists to wear seat belts while driving. Now, researchers from the Meharry-State Farm Alliance at Meharry Medical College have discovered lack of seat belt use by teen passengers may be an even bigger problem.   view more (2008-08-28)

Vaccine thwarts the tangles of Alzheimer's
A new study by NYU Medical Center researchers shows for the first time that the immune system can combat the pathological form of tau protein, a key protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2007-08-22)

Increased cognitive control in Tourette's syndrome
Though the repetitive vocal and motor tics characteristic of Tourette's syndrome may suggest an inability to control involuntary actions at the cognitive level, researchers have now found evidence that young people with Tourette's syndrome actually exhibit a greater level of cognitive control over... view more (2006-03-21)

Infantile esotropia linked to developmental delays
Babies with an eye-alignment disorder called infantile esotropia have delays in motor development milestones, but development "catches up" after corrective surgery, reports a study in the April Journal of AAPOS (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus).   view more (2008-04-18)

Mutation may cause inherited neuropathy
Mutations in a protein called dynein, required for the proper functioning of sensory nerve cells, can cause defects in mice that may provide crucial clues leading to better treatments for a human nerve disorder known as peripheral neuropathy, which affects about three percent of all those over age... view more (2007-12-26)

Without glial cells, animals lose their senses
Sensory neurons have always put on a good show. But now, it turns out, they'll be sharing the credit. In groundbreaking research to appear in the October 31 issue of Science, Rockefeller University scientists show that while neurons play the lead role in detecting sensory information, a second type... view more (2008-10-31)

"Booster rocket" malfunction implicated in Huntington's disease
CNRS and Inserm research scientists at the Institut Curie have shed new light on the function of huntingtin, the protein whose mutation underlies Huntington's disease. This neurodegenerative disease, like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, is characterized by the abnormal death of certain neurons. The... view more (2004-07-07)

Severe retinal hemorrhaging is linked to severe motor vehicle crashes
The severity of retinal hemorrhaging for young children in motor vehicle crashes is closely correlated to the severity of the crash, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.   view more (2008-06-24)

Depression often untreated in Parkinson's disease patients
While depression appears to be common in early Parkinson's disease (PD), it is often not treated or diagnosed, according to newly released research.   view more (2007-07-10)

Biologists offer distilleries a leaner, cleaner solution
Biologists in Manchester have helped create a breakthrough in alcohol production that could save industry millions of pounds and help clean up the environment. Many distilleries across Europe still rely on 19th century technology pioneered by Louis Pasteur, so the invention of a vastly more... view more (2003-03-04)

China falls victim to deadly alliance of Formula One and British American Tobacco
The staging of the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai this weekend confirms Formula One motor racing as a leading vector of the global tobacco pandemic, and threatens to make a mockery of China's signing of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2003, according to health policy experts.   view more (2004-09-23)

'Smart' genetic therapy helps the body to heal itself
New approaches to genetic disease, based on cells' own ability to correct themselves, will be outlined today (Monday 8 May 2006) at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.   view more (2006-05-08)
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