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Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationNeurology / Neuroscience
Cancer cells and nervous system neurons may not look or act alike, but both use strikingly similar ways to survive, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
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Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationNeurology / Neuroscience
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that brain damage was reduced by as much as 62.2 percent in mice who inhale low amounts of carbon monoxide after an induced stroke. The scientists, in a report published online Dec. 15 in Neurotoxicity Research, say that although carbon monoxide (CO) gas has a long reputation as an odorless, colorless cause of organ damage and even death, there is now evidence that it can protect nerve cells from damage.
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Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationNeurology / Neuroscience
Neural stress or injury activates opposing signaling pathways that promote survival and cell death. A thorough understanding of these pathways could allow researchers to effectively shift the balance in favor of survival without exacerbating damage. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is one of many pro-survival cytokines that are induced by neural injury. This week, Joly et al.
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