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Brain Study May Lead to Improved Epilepsy Treatments
Using a rodent model of epilepsy, researchers found one of the body’s own neurotransmitters released during seizures, glutamate, turns on a signaling pathway in the brain that increases production of a protein that could reduce medication entry into the brain.
Source: www.niehs.nih.gov
Genes, Environment and Health Initiative Invests In Genetic Studies, Environmental Monitoring Technologies: Studies Focus on Common Conditions, Personal Environmental Exposures
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the first projects to be funded as part of the Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (GEI), a unique collaboration between geneticists and environmental scientists.
Source: www.niehs.nih.gov
NIH Scientists Target Future Pandemic Strains of H5N1 Avian Influenza
Preparing vaccines and therapeutics that target a future mutant strain of H5N1 influenza virus sounds like science fiction, but it may be possible, according to a team of scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a collaborator at Emory University School of Medicine. Success hinges on anticipating and predicting the crucial mutations that would help the virus spread easily from person to person.
Source: www.nih.gov
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