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A Little Stress May Be Good For You
December 11, 2003 — Northwestern University scientists have shown that elevated levels of special protective proteins that respond to stress in a cell (known as molecular chaperones) promote ... > full story -
Yeast Helps Researchers Better Understand Parkinson's Mystery
December 8, 2003 — A team from Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research used common baker's yeast as a living test tube to show how just a small amount of a Parkinson's-related neuronal protein called ... > full story -
Brain Transportation System Defect Linked To Huntington's By UCSD Team
September 25, 2003 — Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have linked a defective protein in Huntington's disease to gridlock in the transportation system that moves ... > full story -
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Link Between Neuronal Calcium Channel, Mutated Gene That Causes Huntington's Disease Identified
July 17, 2003 — Abnormally high calcium levels spurred on by a mutated gene may lead to the death of neurons associated with Huntington's disease, an inherited genetic disorder, characterized by mental and ... > full story -
Fasting Forestalls Huntington's Disease In Mice
February 11, 2003 — Decreasing meal frequency and caloric intake protects nerve cells from genetically induced damage, delays the onset of Huntington's disease-like symptoms in mice, and prolongs the lives of ... > full story -
Protein Linked To Movement Disorders
January 31, 2003 — Using a tiny worm to model a severe childhood movement disorder, researchers at The University of Alabama have discovered the role of a protein that may have implications for a number of neurological ... > full story -
Novel Gene Mutation Causes Huntington's-Like Symptoms, Providing Window Into How Brain Cells Die
October 21, 2002 — Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered a gene mutation that causes a condition apparently identical to Huntington's Disease, helping to explain why some people with the disorder do not have ... > full story -
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Bile Acid Inhibits Cell Death In Huntington's Disease
July 30, 2002 — University of Minnesota researchers have found that a nontoxic bile acid produced in the body prevents apoptosis, or programmed cell death, in mice with Huntington's disease. This finding, to be ... > full story -
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Parkinson's Research
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Stanford Researchers Home In On Huntington's Disease Treatment
February 1, 2002 — Stanford University Medical Center researchers have discovered a potential treatment for Huntington's disease. By enhancing the brain's natural protective response to the disease, researchers ... > full story -
Mayo Clinic Study Of Defective Gene That Causes Huntington's Sheds New Light On Disease
October 17, 2001 — Mayo Clinic researchers have found that the intact mutant protein apparently kills brain cells in patients with Huntington’s Disease by grabbing onto its normal counterpart and other key ... > full story
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