Degenerative diseases - 6 News for the healthcare industry

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Innovative treatment helmet from a Basel spin-off promises advances in the treatment of Alzheimer’s

There is a huge market for the treatment of patients with degenerative brain diseases

15-Apr-2024 - The Basel spin-off company Bottneuro is developing a personalized treatment helmet – the Miamind neurostimulator. Thanks to targeted brain electrostimulation, the innovative device is intended to have a positive effect on the course of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, as there is a huge market for ...

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Lifestyle-related diseases: clear parallels between humans and bears

Bioinspired approach could offer novel opportunities for the development of medical treatments and drugs for both humans and animals

10-Jul-2023 - Formerly bile-farmed bears show the same sort of lifestyle-related pathologies that are also responsible for accelerated, premature ageing in humans. This is the main finding of an international study led by researchers from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. According to the study, ...

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Cold against ageing and neurodegenerative diseases?

Cold can prevent the pathological aggregation of proteins typical for two aging-associated neurodegenerative diseases

05-Apr-2023 - A lower body temperature is one of the most effective mechanisms to prolong the lifespan of animals. Writing in ‘Nature Aging’, a working group at the University of Cologne’s CECAD Cluster of Excellence in Aging Research has now described precisely how this works. The scientists show that cold ...

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Spermidine as a Potential Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease

New insights into the role of the polyamine spermidine in brain ageing

11-Nov-2022 - In a recent study, an international team of researchers led by Prof. Agnes Flöel at University Medicine Greifswald has gained new insights into the role of the polyamine spermidine in brain ageing. The study, published on 2 November in the Journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the ...

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Study identifies new dementia risk genes through novel testing approach

Mass screening of genetic variants in a single experiment

25-Aug-2022 - A new UCLA-led study has identified multiple new risk genes for Alzheimer’s disease and a rare, related brain disorder called progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) by using a combination of new testing methods allowing for mass screening of genetic variants in a single experiment. The study, ...

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New marine molecules with therapy potential against Alzheimer's disease

A promising but delicate therapeutic target

03-Jun-2020 - An interdisciplinary research study of the University of Barcelona identified two potential candidates to treat Alzheimer's disease. These are two marine molecules, meridianine and lignarenone B, able to alter the activity of GSK3B activity, a protein associated with several neurodegenerative ...

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