neurodegenerative disease Articles
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Editorial: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping in Neurodegeneration
Introduction Magnetic resonance imaging offers a wide variety of contrast mechanisms to study soft tissue in the body. Using the complex data from the SWI scans, it is possible to produce magnetic source images using a novel reconstruction method that takes the phase data and reconstructs what is referred to as a quantitative susceptibility map (QSM). The phase images represent local frequency ...
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User testimonial : R. Royer Centre Brain-Moove
Raphaël ROYER, founder and director at Centre Brain-Moove, shares his experience with us : “ Having used transcutaneous vibration for a long time, I naturally turned towards the almost daily use of Vibramoov in the context of brain injury patients. The use of Vibramoov gives hope and different management possibilities for patients with neurodegenerative diseases (Multiple ...
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Glucose metabolism: key to neurodegenerative diseases
Previously, it was thought that glial cells, which support neuronal activity, metabolize most of the glucose in the brain. However, by using induced pluripotent stem cells, the researchers found that neurons were able to take up glucose and process it into smaller metabolites. In mice, normal function of neurons depends on glycolysis. The findings could help develop new treatments for ...
By CD BioGlyco.
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Electric and magnetic fields as possible risk factors for human health
Modern society is exposed daily to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) generated by home/environmental human activity. The question of the possible risk to health by long-term exposure to weak fields became a concern in that even small health effects could have profound public health implications. The knowledge of the biological effects of electromagnetic fields still contains certain gaps which should ...
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Signs of Parkinson’s Disease to Watch For
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is most commonly known for affecting movement. It primarily impacts dopaminergic, or dopamine-producing, neurons in a specific area of the brain known as the substantia nigra. Typically, symptoms develop slowly over years and continue to worsen as the disease progresses. While the manifestation of symptoms tends to vary ...
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Platform technologies to support brain-computer interfaces
There is a lack of adequate and cost-effective treatment options for many neurodegenerative diseases. The number of affected patients is in the millions, and this number will only increase as the population ages. The developing areas of neuromimetics and stimulative implants provide hope for treatment, as evidenced by the currently available, but limited, implants. New technologies are emerging ...
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The Mode of Action of Basic Proteins Involved in Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease Found
These proteins belonging to the HAT family are essential for life because they transport amino acids to the cell membrane. Although members of the family are nearly identical, they selectively transport certain amino acids. This specificity determines their involvement in specific functions, such as cell growth or neuronal function, and consequently in related diseases, such as cancer or ...
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Nature: Structure-based classification of tauopathies
Abnormal accumulation of misfolded tau in filaments is characteristic of many neurodegenerative diseases—precisely for this reason, these neurodegenerative diseases are collectively referred to as tauopathy. The Michel Goedert team and the Sjors Scheres team at the Molecular Biology Laboratory of the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, UK, witnessed the use of cryo-EM to dissect tau ...
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Understanding Drug-Disease Relationship Analysis: A Key to Drug Discovery
In the realm of modern medicine, the quest for new and effective drugs to combat various diseases is a continuous journey. Drug discovery, the process of identifying compounds that can potentially treat diseases, has seen a significant transformation in recent years, thanks to advancements in computational biology and artificial intelligence (AI). In this article, we will delve into the ...
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The Structure of Key Proteins in Parkinson`s Disease Solved
Australian researchers have recently solved a multi-year mystery about Parkinson's disease. They solved the structure of a key protein that is expected to rapidly treat this incurable disease. The findings appear in Nature. For the first time, the researchers took a "live" shot of a protein called PINK1. The findings explain how this protein is activated in cells, thereby initiating the ...
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Altoida Celebrates Historic Day for Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
Today marks a historic day for all the scientists and researchers who have dedicated their lives to advancing our understanding of Alzheimer’s Disease over the last 20 years. For the more than 6 million individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease in the US, their families, and their caretakers, our team at Altoida celebrates the positive topline data reported on the CLARITY AD global ...
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Do you really have to sacrifice MRI image quality for speed?
To understand the significance of the SpinTech MRI STAGE software platform, it helps to begin by asking a question: Given that MRI is an incredibly powerful diagnostic tool for neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis (MS), why have radiologists and neurologists had to choose between conducting faster MRI exams and obtaining higher-quality ...
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Mitochondrial Proteins
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles with bilayer membranes. Mitochondria have multiple functions, not only providing energy to cells through oxidative phosphorylation to produce ATP, but also involved in regulating processes such as calcium homeostasis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, cellular stress response and cell death. Mitochondria play a key role in maintaining cellular health ...
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Mitochondrial Proteomics
Mitochondria are important organelles of eukaryotic cells and play a key role in the regulation of cellular energy metabolism, biosynthesis and cell death (including apoptosis and programmed cell necrosis). In addition, mitochondria are involved in important physiological processes such as tricarboxylic acid cycle, fatty acid and amino acid oxidation, and regulation of calcium ion homeostasis. ...
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The Principles, Features and Applications of BioID
What is BioID Technique? BioID (proximity-dependent biotin identification) is a proximity dependent labeling technology established by Roux et al in 2015 to study protein interactions. It can also be developed to study the interactions between proteins and RNA, and proteins and DNA. How BioID technology works? A recombinant expression vector of the target protein with biotin ligase (BirA) is ...
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How Much Do You Know about Targeted Protein Degradation Drugs?
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) technology is a new technology that specifically recognizes the target protein and directly degrades the target protein using the inherent protein degradation pathway in the cell. At present, technologies such as PROTACs, molecular glues, degradation tags, lysosome-targeted chimeras, and autophagosome-binding compounds have been developed in the field of TPD, ...
By Profacgen
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A Review of Therapies For Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, irreversible neurodegenerative disease clinically manifested by cognitive impairment, behavioral abnormalities, and social deficits. It is predicted that by 2050, the number of people 65 and older with dementia in the United States could reach 13.8 million. In China, more than 15.07 million elderly people aged 60 or over suffer from dementia, of which ...
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The Development Process of DUBTAC
The use of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) to degrade dysfunctional proteins has shown great potential to target proteins that were previously considered “undruggable”, and several projects have entered clinical evaluation worldwide. Aberrant protein degradation, in fact, is also a pathogenic mechanism in some diseases, such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and some forms of cancer. ...
By BOC Sciences
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What are Cannabinoids?
The term “cannabinoids” originally described bioactive constituents of the plant Cannabis sativa, a plant that can grow wild in mild, tropical climates around the world. For centuries, the cannabis ingredients were used traditionally for their medicinal purpose but also for their recreational properties; however, only since the 1940s have cannabinoids been purified from cannabis ...
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Molecular Glue And Its Application In New Drug Development
In recent years, targeted protein degraders have entered the mainstream of drug development at a very rapid rate. Thalidomide and its derivatives for the treatment of multiple myeloma and other conditions have demonstrated the potential of protein degraders, while ARV-471, an estrogen receptor degrader based on the drug development of thalidomide, is targeted at the early stage of breast cancer ...
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