They found that the TLR3 inhibitor significantly tempered Zika virus» severe effects
on brain cell health and organoid size, underscoring TLR3's role linking infection and brain damage.
Not exact matches
You have probably heard a number of rumors about the effects of technology
on your
health; that having a
cell phone next to your head can cause
brain cancer, for example, or that pregnant women shouldn't stand near a microwave that is running because it may harm the fetus.
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Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use
on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds
on which
cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the
brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults
on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a
brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.
As microglia are very long - lived, the scientists were keen to find out whether environmental factors change these immune
cells over time and what effect this can have
on brain health.
Lead author Nora Volkow, a psychiatrist at the National Institute
on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of
Health, recruited 47 healthy volunteers and used positron emission tomography (PET) scans to measure glucose metabolism in the
brain while
cell phones were placed over the right or left ear.
«We have been working for three years to develop a better research model of
brain development, and it's fortunate we can now use this one to shed light
on the major public
health crisis posed by Zika infections,» says Hongjun Song, Ph.D., professor of neurology and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Institute for
Cell Engineering.
Hot
on the heels of last weeks report of the successful use of gene therapy to treat the eye disease Leber's congenital amaurosis comes a report that scientists lead by Nathalie Cartier and Patrick Aubourg of the French National Institute for
Health and Medical Research have combined gene therapy and stem
cell medicine to successfully... Continue reading Gene therapy
on the
brain
Thanks to recent technological developments, new insights into
brain health, and some creative thinking, two Gladstone scientists are embarking
on research to replace lost or malfunctioning
brain cells with new ones created from stem
cells.
He taught me a lot about evolutionary medicine and nutrition in general, opened many doors and introduced me (directly and indirectly) to various players in this field, such as Dr. Boyd Eaton (one of the fathers of evolutionary nutrition), Maelán Fontes from Spain (a current research colleague and close friend), Alejandro Lucia (a Professor and a top researcher in exercise physiology from Spain, with whom I am collaborating), Ben Balzer from Australia (a physician and one of the best minds in evolutionary medicine), Robb Wolf from the US (a biochemist and the best «biohackers I know»), Óscar Picazo and Fernando Mata from Spain (close friends who are working with me at NutriScience), David Furman from Argentina (a top immunologist and expert in chronic inflammation working at Stanford University, with whom I am collaborating), Stephan Guyenet from the US (one of my main references in the obesity field), Lynda Frassetto and Anthony Sebastian (both nephrologists at the University of California San Francisco and experts in acid - base balance), Michael Crawford from the UK (a world renowned expert in DHA and Director of the Institute of
Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, at the Imperial College London), Marcelo Rogero (a great researcher and Professor of Nutrigenomics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Sérgio Veloso (a
cell biologist from Portugal currently working with me, who has one of the best
health blogs I know), Filomena Trindade (a Portuguese physician based in the US who is an expert in functional medicine), Remko Kuipers and Martine Luxwolda (both physicians from the Netherlands, who conducted field research
on traditional populations in Tanzania), Gabriel de Carvalho (a pharmacist and renowned nutritionist from Brazil), Alex Vasquez (a physician from the US, who is an expert in functional medicine and Rheumatology), Bodo Melnik (a Professor of Dermatology and expert in Molecular Biology from Germany, with whom I have published papers
on milk and mTOR signaling), Johan Frostegård from Sweden (a rheumatologist and Professor at Karolinska Institutet, who has been a pioneer
on establishing the role of the immune system in cardiovascular disease), Frits Muskiet (a biochemist and Professor of Pathophysiology from the Netherlands, who, thanks to his incredible encyclopedic knowledge and open - mind, continuously teaches me more than I could imagine and who I consider a mentor), and the Swedish researchers Staffan Lindeberg, Tommy Jönsson and Yvonne Granfeldt, who became close friends and mentors.
You probably already know some of the harmful
health effects of these foods, but long term effects
on your
brain are yet another... Trans fats — strongly inflammatory in your entire body including damage to
cell membranes throughout your body.
Nearly every
cell in your body was designed to use glucose for energy — especially your
brain cells — but fructose breaks down into a variety of toxins that can have devastating effects
on your
health.
For more
on the
health benefits of blueberries, check out: How to Slow
Brain Aging by Two Years Boosting Natural Killer
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All told, dozens of studies have now been published
on PQQ's spectacular
health benefits, finding it effective in triggering new mitochondrial growth, protecting mitochondrial function, and delivering all the
health benefits that having robust mitochondria offers for your heart, your
brain and every other
cell, muscle and organ in your body.
Perhaps you don't want to hug the person next to you
on the treadmill after a sweaty run, but contact with others can improve your physiological
health by altering
brain cell signaling, improving stress, and boosting your overall well - being (3).
Then the paper explains short and medium chain fatty acids» ability to be rapidly converted to energy, focusing
on coconut oil's medium chain fatty acids»
health benefits and rapid conversion to usable energy within a body's
cells, especially restoring proper
brain cell metabolism.
But, what about the consideration (even with moderate alcohol consumption) of its effect
on liver
health and
brain cells?
Our bodies also emanate information via electrical activity from
brains and hearts, DNA from flaking skin
cells and shedding hair, and data
on health status from germs emitted when we cough, sneeze or spit.