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encephalopathy

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Name: encephalopathy

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

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Today on New Scientist: 19 November 2009

This is a digest of the stories posted to newscientist.com from 6pm yesterday until 6pm today. We're running it as an experiment. Did you find it useful? Do you have suggestions about how we can make it better? Let us know.You can subscribe to these digests ... [New Scientist - 11/19/2009]

Entities: encephalopathy, Cannibalize, Digestion, Twitter Inc, Immune System

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Rare Gene Kept Cannibalistic Villagers From Getting Brain Disease

Researchers said on Wednesday that villagers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who ritualistically ate human brains but did not die of a brain disease called kuru have a genetic mutation that protects them, Reuters reported.The study, reported in the ... [Red Orbit - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Prion, encephalopathy, Mutation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Reach out to hidden talents

We can learn a lot by opening our doors to autistic people, says Mike Dempsey, and our move may help integrate a potentially isolated groupIt is a well-known fact that there is a high percentage of dyslexics sheltering in the welcoming waters of the creative ... [Design Week - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Autism, Winton Capital Management Limited, Andy Graham, National Autistic Society, Stephen Wiltshire

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biology)

Gene Protects Brain-Eaters From Mad Cow-Type Disease, University College London Study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Villagers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who ritualistically ate human brains but did not die of a brain disease called kuru have a genetic mutation that protects them, researchers said Wednesday. ... [BioSpace - 11/19/2009]

Entities: University College London, encephalopathy, Papua New Guinea

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biotechnology)

Brain Disease "Resistance Gene" Could Offer Insights Into CJD

A community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru has developed strong genetic resistance to the disease, according to new research by Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists. Kuru is a fatal ... [Medical News Today - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Prion, encephalopathy, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Papua New Guinea

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)

Cannibals survived brain disease epidemic thanks to a mutation

Survivors of the deadly epidemic of prion disease kuru, which was transmitted through cannibalistic rituals, share a particular genetic mutation. Researchers call it a striking example of human evolution in action.Kuru was a slow-developing epidemic among ... [Russia Today - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Prion, Mutation, encephalopathy, Cannibalize

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Pete Domenici

Retired Senator Calls Legal Bills 'Outlandish'

Retired U.S. Senator Pete Domenici of Arizona has paid more than $700,000 to seven law firms--six of them in the Am Law 200--to defend his alleged role in the firing of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias in 2007. And he isn't happy about it.The former ... [The American Lawyer - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Pete Domenici, Albuquerque (United States), David Iglesias, US Attorney

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

Ag Secretary Urges Sheep Farmers to Protect their Flocks in Voluntary Testing Program

Pennsylvania Ag News HeadlinesPennsylvania Ag Connection - 11/13/2009Pennsylvania's sheep producers can protect their flocks against scrapie, a deadly, incurable brain disease, by enrolling in a free voluntary testing program, acting Agriculture Secretary ... [USAgNet - 11/16/2009]

Entities: encephalopathy, US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biotechnology)

Gene protects brain-eaters from mad cow-type disease

Entities: encephalopathy, Papua New Guinea, Washington DC

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 22 Documents (in Biology)

Gene therapy cures brain disease

Scientists have managed to halt a rare and fatal brain disease with an experimental gene therapy technique using a deactivated version of the Aids virus, a study showed.The international team used a disabled form of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ... [Health24 - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Gene Therapy, encephalopathy, bone marrow, HIV/AIDS, Protein

First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 4 Documents (in Medicine)

Lorenzo's oil disease gene trial

A bone marrow transplant may fight ALD if a donor can be found The genetic brain disease that was portrayed in the film Lorenzo’s Oil “has been stopped in its tracks by a gene therapy”, according to The Times.This rare but fatal disease, called adrenoleukodystrophy ... [NHS Choices - 11/10/2009]

Entities: Gene Therapy, Bone Marrow Transplant, Donor

First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 4 Documents

'Atypical scrapie' scare

MAF moves to head off 'atypical scrapie' scare Departing Fonterra exec pips Ferrier in pay stakes EU dairy sector looks to revamp Fonterra wants scheme changed Better communication wanted Deal on trade big boost for Wintec Meat exporters ... [Southland Times - 10/28/2009]

Entities: New Zealand, encephalopathy, Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

Quotes

...a researcher from the University Medical Center Groningen (The Netherlands) and lead author of the research. Mr. Doorduin added, "Without molecular imaging, the only way to look at inflammation in the brain, as well as other molecular processes, would be to use post-mortem brains." Not much is known about the cause of schizophrenia, a chronic, and disabling brain disease characterized by psychotic episodes of delusions and hall...

PET Imaging Shows Brain Inflammation Schizophrenics and Migraine Sufferers [MedImaging.net - 47 mins ago]

What matters, he says, is the kind of support people get when they need it most. "It's unfortunate that the first message people hear when they are in acute distress is: 'You have incurable brain disease.' That takes a long time to undo. The first thing that people hear should be: 'Yeah, you're in distress, but other people have been in that [state] and there's hope, and you can heal.' If people heard that, many more would recover. Medicine is a tool, but it's not the primary tool."

Out of the cuckoo's nest [Guardian.co.uk - 11/18/2009]

In its press release, Toyota also added, "Mr. Biller claims he is disabled and has suffered from organic brain disease 'for most of his life.' "

He Says, They Say [Corporate Counsel - 11/15/2009]

Professor Paul Ince, from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Sheffield, said: "This research shows that the assertion that Alzheimer s Disease is the commonest form of dementia is simplistic, but it also raises important issues about what factors determine whether a person becomes demented or not in the face of accumulating brain disease in old age." Some people seem to retain their intellect despite high levels of pathology...

Combination treatment needed to fight dementia [University of Sheffield - 11/13/2009]

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PET Imaging Shows Brain Inflammation Schizophre... [MedImaging.net - 47 mins ago]
Brain Disease "Resistance Gene" Could... [Medical News Today - 11/20/2009]
Retired Senator Calls Legal Bills 'Outlandish' [The American Lawyer - 11/20/2009]
Children With Various Illnesses Benefit From Ho... [Psychiatric News - 11/20/2009]
Cannibals survived brain disease epidemic thank... [Russia Today - 11/20/2009]
Tribes resistance could help CJD [BBC - 11/20/2009]
Metabolic Effects Significantly Lower With INVE... [Medical News Today - 11/19/2009]
Gene Protects Brain-Eaters From Mad Cow-Type Di... [BioSpace - 11/19/2009]
Rare Gene Kept Cannibalistic Villagers From Get... [Red Orbit - 11/19/2009]
Today on New Scientist: 19 November 2009 [New Scientist - 11/19/2009]
Watch out, roundworms: UV phasers are set to stun [New Scientist - 11/19/2009]
Gene change in cannibals reveals evolution in a... [New Scientist - 11/19/2009]
Reach out to hidden talents [Design Week - 11/19/2009]
Immune tribe 'indicates CJD hope' [BBC - 11/19/2009]
Gene protects brain-eaters from mad cow-type di... [Yahoo! News - 11/18/2009]
Brain-eating tribe helps mad cow research [Times Online - 11/18/2009]
Gene protects brain-eaters from mad cow-type di... [Reuters: Science News - 11/18/2009]
Out of the cuckoo's nest [Guardian.co.uk - 11/18/2009]
Ag Secretary Urges Sheep Farmers to Protect the... [USAgNet - 11/16/2009]
Toyota Renounces Former Attorney's Allegations [Auto Remarketing - 11/15/2009]
He Says, They Say [Corporate Counsel - 11/15/2009]
Former Birmingham head teacher's horror decline... [Birmingham Evening Mail - 11/14/2009]
'If she can do this, I can' [Guardian.co.uk - 11/14/2009]
Research Partnership to Focus on Transporting B... [Biotech Daily - 11/13/2009]
Combination treatment needed to fight dementia [University of Sheffield - 11/13/2009]
Wife Praised For Snaring Paedophile [Sky News - 11/13/2009]
Paedophile's Wife Praised For Trapping Him [Sky News - 11/13/2009]
UK study warns against anti-psychotics for deme... [London South East - 11/12/2009]
Wife snares paedophile husband online [Metro.co.uk - 11/12/2009]
UK study warns against anti-psychotics for deme... [Interactive Investor International - 11/12/2009]

Blogs

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Selecting for kuru resistant cannibals [Mind Hacks - 11/19/2009] New Scientist reports on a new study on how a gene that gives protection against the deadly brain disease kuru became more common in people exposed to the condition ...
Eric Schmeltzer: Time for Brian Westbrook to Ha... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/17/2009] Think about it -- you're at the ripe old age of 30, and you might not be able to do the job you love to do anymore. The job that everyone said you wouldn't ...
Anis Shivani: The Mass Production of Mental Ill... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/05/2009] DOCTORING THE MIND: IS OUR CURRENT TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS REALLY ANY GOOD? By Richard P. Bentall NYU Press, 364 pages. $29.95 "Conventional ...
Gene Therapy Halts Fatal Brain Disease [Wired: Wired Science - 11/05/2009] Scientists have used gene therapy to halt the progression of adrenoleukodystrophy, a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by a single defective gene, in two ...
Service [White Coat Underground] [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 10/28/2009] The young resident presented the patient in the usual dry terms we use for such things. "The patient is a 42 year old woman recently hospitalized for cirrhosis ...

Audio/Video

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The Cure Within [Mefeedia Video Tag : medicine - 06/14/2009]
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