Hard-to-reach cancers targeted with 'Trojan horse' proteins

Hard-to-reach cancers targeted with 'Trojan horse' proteins

Scientists at Brunel University London have found a way of targeting hard-to-reach cancers and degenerative diseases using nanoparticles, but without causing the damaging side effects the treatment…
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New York Times (October 12, 2014): Breakthrough Replicates Human Brain Cells for Use in Alzheimer’s Research

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Sun, 10/12/2014

For the first time, and to the astonishment of many of their colleagues, researchers created what they call Alzheimer’s in a Dish — a petri dish with human brain cells that develop the telltale structures of Alzheimer’s disease. In doing so, theSee Original Article

Parkinson's: small molecules researched for the regeneration of dopaminergic neurons

Researchers in the University of Helsinki plan to develop orally administrable small molecules that act similarly to neurotrophic factor GDNF.
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Penn study uncovers secrets of a clump-dissolving protein

Implications for new therapies for brain disorders involving misfolded proteins.
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