Antibiotic Shown to Protect Nerves in Animal Study
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Antibiotics could one day be used for  more than killing bacteria and may help patients suffering from  neurological diseases, scientists said on Wednesday.
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A study into how nerve signals change during a heart attack has been given a $190,000 boost by the National Heart Foundation. It is one of five Christchurch research projects to win grants from the foundation&#39;s
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Umbilical cord stem cells and a drug that facilitates their entry into the brain may be able to reduce stroke size and damage in humans.
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Neurocrine resubmits a marketing application for its lead drug.
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Adding antibiotics to standard drug therapy may slow down the progress of multiple sclerosis, research suggests.
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24 - In an animal model of Parkinson&#39;s, exercise prevents degeneration of nerve cells that are normally impaired or destroyed by the disease, according to University of Pittsburgh researchers.
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In a study on rats, exercise prevented degeneration of nerve cells that are normally destroyed by the disease. The University of Pittsburgh researchers are now recruiting patients to see if regular exercise has the same effect in humans.
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People with diabetes are prone to develop nerve damage that causes numbness, tingling or pain -- which may reduce awareness of skin damage and lead to serious infections and ulcers. Now, a new drug may improve this situation, Japanese researchers report.
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A new study suggests the reason for the association may be that antibiotics destroy not only disease-causing microbes, but also those that are helpful to the developing immune system.
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A single episode of severe stress can be enough to kill off new nerve cells in the brain, research suggests.
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INDIANAPOLIS Dec 3, 2004 - Dogs with paralyzed hind legs regained the ability to walk after getting a shot of a chemical cousin of antifreeze that helped repair nerve cells in their damaged spinal cords, scientists reported.
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Research into using stem cells to repair damaged nerves just got a big boost, with scientists pinpointing a protein key to controlling binocular vision -- visual depth perception -- in mammals.
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Giving a new-generation anthrax vaccine along with antibiotics in response to a terrorist attack wouldn&#39;t prevent much disease, but it could help by letting people take the medicines for a briefer time, a study suggests.
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UK researchers claim to have  found a way to make the hospital 'superbug' vulnerable to the antibiotic it normally resists.
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An antibiotic used to treat leprosy and tuberculosis is showing promise as a therapy for Parkinson's disease.
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Scientists believe they may have found a new way to fight a potentially dangerous stomach infection.
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Dogs with paralyzed hind legs regained the ability to walk after getting a shot of a chemical cousin of antifreeze that helped repair nerve cells in their damaged spinal cords, scientists reported.