The work has produced neurons transplanted into animals with Parkinson’s have been integrated and produced dopamine, whose deficiency is the basis of these neurodegenerative diseases. A study published online by the journal Nature breaks new ground in research on neurodegenerative diseases through the use of human embryonic stem cells. Researchers from four institutions led by [...]
The effects of the drug nicotine, heroin, cocaine and ecstasy on the human brain, showing the health consequences. It is generally known that drugs negatively affect the human body. Terms such as addiction and withdrawal symptoms are no strangers. But what exactly drugs cause in our brain? Because drugs are substances that psychological functions such [...]
The EU prohibits the use of human embryonic stem cells in drug formulation: The Court of Justice rejects the patent application of a treatment against Parkinson’s disease that involved the use of human embryos. On 19 December 1997, German researcher Oliver Brustle had patented a treatment that involved the use of embryonic stem cells for [...]
The potential use of enzymes in medicine and related fields are very large, at present the number of applications grows. Since the medical applications pharmaceutical and cover a wide range of subjects, is conveniently divided into three major areas of interest: enzyme therapy, analytical uses and production of pharmaceutical compounds. Unlike other industrial uses of [...]
According to new research, the perception of odor by the brain has a predictive character. The nostrils are competing for processing smells. This is an example of binaural rivalry where there is a game of tug of war between dominance and suppression of olfactory perception that exists only in the mind of the person who [...]
For newly diagnosed early may be used the symptom of loss of smell caused by neuronal death by the APP protein. A study by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health showed that a preceding symptom onset of Alzheimer’s disease is loss of smell. APP, amyloid precursor protein, in this [...]
