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Stories about: neurodegenerative disease

Stressed Cells Induce Brain Damage A team of Japanese scientists have carried out a recent study that found a connection between a certain type of cellular stress and brain damage, which is associated with neurodegenerative disease.Dr. Katsuhiko Mikoshiba, from the Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology at RIKEN Brain Science Institute and senior a... 9 December 2010 03:06 GMT Alzheimer's Finds Supporter in Author Terry Pratchett The world-famed author delivered a petition to the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday, urging the government to substantially increase the allotted funds for medical research in various forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson and multiple sclerosis. Pratchett himself has been diagnosed wit... 27 November 2008 05:38 GMT