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Tumors Hijack the Nervous System to Fuel Their Own Growth
Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...
UMass Chan in Worcester receives $35M gift to find breakthroughs for ALS, other diseases
The UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced Thursday it received a $35 million gift that aims to advance research to ...
Could peripheral neuropathy be stopped before it starts?
A dramatic rise in type 2 diabetes has led to an increase in peripheral neuropathy. New research published in Nature from the lab of Clifford Woolf, led by Sara Hakim, at Boston Children's Hospital ...
The American Journal of Managed Care10d
FDA Approves First Subcutaneous Apomorphine Device for Parkinson Disease
The FDA has approved the first and only subcutaneous apomorphine infusion device, apomorphine hydrochloride injection (Onapgo ...
Healthline24d
11 Interesting Facts About the Brain and Nervous System
They are the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS ... And the CNS and PNS control voluntary and involuntary functions. The body’s voluntary (somatic) nervous ...
Nature23d
Nervous system articles from across Nature Portfolio
The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system ... region that regulates many bodily functions, including temperature, sleep ...
Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...
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Opioid δ-receptor agonists show promise for treating IBS-like symptoms
Research reveals that δ-receptor agonists like KNT-127 alleviate IBS symptoms by modulating gut-brain interactions and ...