Osteoarthritis may be sign of faster 'biological ageing'
Osteoarthritis, the degenerative inflammatory bone disease, may be a sign of faster "biological ageing," suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. The authors base their findings on a study of almost 1100 people, aged between 30 and 79. Mo...UI teams up with Cubs star, Celtics owner to fight eye disease
...international center for research and treatment of degenerative diseases of the eye. Other partners in the Project 3000 effort include the Foundation Fighting Blindness of Owings Mills, Md. and the Foundation for Retinal Research of Chicago, Ill. LCA is an inherited form of blindness that is typically recognized...Why Popeye only has eyes for spinach
...ds increases macular pigment and so helps slow the degenerative process. This latest study on volunteers with early-stage AMD will test that idea." Scientists do not yet understand why some people are susceptible to age-related macular degeneration but warn the incidence is likely to rise as the population ages...NASA technology helping injured US troops
...hnology transfer program, also gives patients with degenerative conditions like severe arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's Disease, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson's Disease an opportunity to safely extend their mobility. Former Army sergeant Herbert Geddis of Springfield, Va., used the SAM walker at Walt...High-fat, copper-rich diets associated with increased rates of cognitive decline in older adults
...tion of copper in drinking water could amplify the degenerative effects of a high-fat diet on rabbit brains. Martha Clare Morris, Sc.D., Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and colleagues assessed the connection between dietary fat and dietary copper intake in 3,718 Chicago residents age 65 years and old...REM sleep behaviour disorder is an early marker of neurodegenerative diseases
... behaviour disorder who have still not developed a degenerative disease. Furthermore, the monitoring of these patients will permit an early administration of palliative drugs, which are already available. Toward this end, the Ministry of Health has awarded this group with a FIS award named "Prognostic markers of ...ESF sets out research strategy to push rheumatic diseases up the health agenda
...cussed European research effort in the two serious degenerative rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, to understand the underlying pathology with the aim of developing therapies that stop degeneration/initiate regeneration of damaged tissue. Set up a permanent Scientific Advisory Group within EMEA...REM sleep behavior disorder found to be precursor of brain-degenerating diseases later in life
...nts with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) develop degenerative brain diseases by approximately 11 years after diagnosis of RBD. Findings will be presented June 19 at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies' SLEEP 2006 meeting in Salt Lake City. "This study found RBD most frequently led to neurodegenerative d...Free radical cell death switch identified
...l cellular deterioration associated with aging and degenerative diseases. How the oxidative-stress signals trigger these profound effects in cells has remained unclear. But Bonni and his research team, including Maria Lehtinen, a graduate student in the HMS program in neuroscience, and Zengqiang Yuan, PhD, an HM...Tests for 'face-blindness' reveal disorder may not be so rare
...fered after maturity from head trauma, stroke, and degenerative diseases. The other type is called developmental prosopagnosia. These individuals can have similar symptoms but with no evidence of brain damage. It is this group that may be the most common. "Individuals who've been face-blind since childhood often...Mayo Clinic finds physical proof of mild cognitive impairment
... the brain, we can't see cognition, but we can see degenerative changes. In general, in the brains of those with mild cognitive impairment the plaques and tangles that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease were present, but in less severity and confined to a specific area, unlike Alzheimer's, in which plaques a...OHSU research reveals possible future target for delaying or stopping Alzheimer's
...iously identified as being heavily involved in the degenerative disease. The research was led by P. Hemachandra Reddy, Ph.D., NSI scientist and senior author of the study. The results are published in the May 1 issue of the journal Human Molecular Genetics. "This latest research more clearly demonstrates how st...JCI table of contents, April 6, 2006
...f Huntington disease Huntington disease (HD) is a degenerative brain disease in which brain cells called neurons die as a result of aggregations of the polyQ-huntingtin protein. Symptoms include involuntary movements, personality changes, and dementia, and unfortunately, there is no effective treatment to delay ...Stem cells can repair torn tendons or ligaments
...pe of delivery technology may be helpful for other degenerative diseases. In an accompanying commentary in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Dwight A. Towler and Richard Gelberman from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, state, "Given our limited understanding of how MSCs be...The $6 billion (hu)man is becoming reality, as bionics restores or expands humans' abilities
...otoreceptors do or no longer do, in patients with degenerative retinal diseases which is to stimulate the cells in the retina to perceive images. When tested in rats, the retinal neurons migrate into the porous interface with the subretinal implant and thus provide intimate proximity between the stimulation si...JCI Table of Contents, April 3, 2006
...pe of delivery technology may be helpful for other degenerative diseases. The study appears in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. In an accompanying commentary, Dwight A. Towler and Richard Gelberman from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, states that "given our limited...New hope for tissue regeneration and joint repair
...muscle, and bone in patients with inflammatory and degenerative rheumatic diseases. Samples of periosteal cells were obtained from the tibia of 12 human donors, ranging in age from 24 to 83 years. Following enzymatic release and culture expansion, cell populations were tested fo...$13.7 million in gifts support UI Center For Macular Degeneration
...ng interdisciplinary approaches to study and treat degenerative diseases of the eye." The Carver NGTL plans to dev... interdisciplinary research efforts in the area of degenerative eye diseases. The Carver NGTL will serve as an international resource for large-scale genetic testin...Doernbecher researchers to study effectiveness of stem cell transplant in human brain
...tential to help tens of thousands of patients with degenerative brain diseases," said co-investigator Nathan Selden, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P. "I am proud that Doernbecher Children's Hospital will be part of this effort." Selden is Campagna Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurological Surgery and head of t......r causing cancers. Parkinson's disease is a common degenerative neurological disease in the elderly, affecting up to 4.9 percent Australians aged 55 and over. "Our study findings aid in further understanding of the causes of Parkinson's disease and may help identify people who are at higher risk of the disease," ...