Working with a common form of brewer's yeast, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have uncovered novel functions of a key protein that allow it to act as a master regulatory switch -- a control that determines gene activity and tha...

Scientists from Johns Hopkins and from the University of Milan have effectively proven that they can inhibit lethal human brain cancers in mice using a protein that selectively induces positive changes in the activity of cells that behave...

Avicena Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AVGO), a biotechnology company focused on commercializing its proprietary cellular energy modulation technology, announced today the initiation of a chronic toxicology study of HD-02, its lead candi...

NeuroVasx, Inc. is developing its cPAX aneurysm Treatment System to meet the need for a better, more cost effective solution for the minimally invasive treatment of cerebral aneurysms. A cerebral aneurysm is an abnormal bulge or sac in the...

Researchers are now better able to predict which patients will respond to treatment for depression through the presence of genetic markers, according to results from a major NIH study on treatment resistant depression released at the annua...

A cardiovascular drug screening has identified existing anti-hypertensive agents capable of preventing cognitive decline and amyloid neuropathology associated with Alzheimer's disease. The research, conducted by Dr. Gulio Maria Pasinet...

Brain wave changes in adolescence are related to age, not sexual maturation, and may be associated with one of the brain's major reorganization projects: synaptic pruning, a study finds. The study, "The adolescent decline of NREM delta...

Intense itching and the urge to scratch are symptoms of many chronic skin ailments. A study conducted by Oxford University researchers has found that different reactions in the brain to two common allergy triggers -- allergens (pollen...

During learning and memory formation, the brain builds or remodels tiny structures on the surface of its nerve cells to store the information. Now, a team led by Duke University Medical Center researchers has discovered where the brain...

The genetic basis for a rare inherited disorder that causes severe burning pain with no warning has been pinpointed by researchers. They found that paroxysmal extreme pain disorder (PEPD) is caused by specific mutations in porelike sodium...