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By Bill Freeman An estimated one billion people suffer from debilitating or life-threatening neurological disorders ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to headaches and the consequences of head injuries, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. An estimated one billion people suffer from debilitating or life-threatening neurological disorders ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to headaches and the consequences of …
By Bill Freeman A group of German researchers have managed to make damaged nerves regrow to fill gaps in excess of 1cm, bringing fresh hope of new treatments for spinal cord injuries. When a nerve is damaged the severed ends secrete a protein that tells the nerve not to regrow, however the researchers have discovered …
By Bill Freeman Researchers from Arizona State University have enabled a partly disabled man to walk again by implanting electrodes in his lower back. The man still has to use a wheelchair, although his able to walk unaided for several hundred meters. Researchers believe that the impulses from the electrodes combined with regular treadmill sessions …
By Bill Freeman A recent discovery by US researchers could lead to the development of new treatments to stop the progression of the neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease where the body destroys the myelin sheath that surrounds nerves. Dr Isobel Scarisbrick and her colleagues found that demyelinated nerves contained high levels of an …
By Bill Freeman Doctors investigating near-death experiences believe that they have found evidence suggesting that consciousness remains after the brain stops functioning. Researchers interviewed 63 patients who had recently survived heart attacks, 56 of the patients had no recollection of the period of unconsciousness they experienced while clinically dead. Doctors investigating near-death experiences believe that …
By Bill Freeman Hot on the heels of reports suggesting that curcumin, a compound present in the curry spice turmeric, can help to treat cancer researchers have now found that it may stop the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). Dr Chandramohan Natarajan of Vanderbilt University discovered that mice with an MS-like disease developed little or …
By Bill Freeman Scientists have managed to reconnect severed spinal cord nerves using collagen tubes. Researchers from the University of Paris XI in Bicetre, France placed one end of the severed nerve 7-millimeters away from the other end inside the tubing; later examination revealed that the nerves had regrown along the pathway created by the …
By Bill Freeman Results of a new study have shown that the growth of new nerves in the brain is linked to a specific type of memory in adult rats, a discovery that may bring scientists one step closer to curing the memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease and stroke. Researchers investigating a type of …
By Bill Freeman Results of a recent study suggest that a bacterial enzyme can help severed nerves to regrow. The study on rats with crush-type spinal injuries by researchers at King’s College London in the UK revealed that chondroitinase ABC was able to break through cellular obstacles such as scar tissue and remove molecules preventing …
By Bill Freeman Results of a recent study suggest that slim and athletic people are more likely to develop motor neurone disease. Researchers at Columbia University in New York decided to investigate the long-held association between athleticism and a type of motor neurone disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s …