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...elp many patients control symptoms, but often have unwanted side effects. McCarley said drugs that promote a normal gamma response among neurons would likely help the condition. His VA-Harvard group is exploring which receptors in the brain are involved. "If you know the neurochemical identity of the neurons ...Stanford study reveals that cells linked to asthma and eczema also help cure deadly illness in mice
...Mast cells are immune cells known mostly for their unwanted effects: they cause the wheezing of asthma, the itching of eczema, the sneezing and runny nose of hay fever and, in extreme cases, the life-threatening shock of anaphylaxis. But researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found tha......nth. The techniques appear crucial for minimizing unwanted side effects and allowing patients, most of whom now have vision of 20/16 or better, to enjoy the full effects of a type of enhanced vision that wasn't even a twinkle in the eye of doctors 20 years ago. "We're trying to improve upon something where ...Smacking legislation is unworkable for doctors
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...compound to be mixed with Retin-A to prevent these unwanted effects." In 2003, Florida-based GMP Immunotherapeutics, Inc. (a subsidiary of GMP Companies, Inc.) entered into an exclusive patent license and a sponsored research agreement with the University of Michigan to develop Bz-423 and other compound...Women seeking treatment for even minimal 'male-type' hair growth need endocrine evaluation
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...ent against alcohol and drug addiction without the unwanted side effects of Ibogaine," Ron said. Colleagues in the research and coauthors on the paper are postdoctoral fellows Dao-Yao He, PhD, Nancy N.H. McGough, PhHD; Ajay Ravindranathan, PhD; Jerome Jeanblanc, PhD; Marian Logrip, BA, UCSF neurology graduate...The mysteries of the emotions: The Good, Bad, and the Learned
...n's reaction to fear and its ability to get rid of unwanted emotional memories? How can our minds control our emotions, and what role do the hippocampus and amygdala play in anxiety and depression? To present the latest findings in this field and to discuss their implications, the New York Academy of Scie...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...ovide proper feedback to the ear, by filtering out unwanted and unnecessary information, declines beginning in our 40s and 50s, Frisina says. Without that filter, a person is quickly overcome by a barrage of information that is difficult to sort. It's a little bit like a computer user who would be overwhelmed...Computational tool predicts how drugs work in cells, advancing efforts to design better medicines
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