Gene Therapy For Parkinson's Disease Moves Forward In Animals
...er Attorney General Janet Reno, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and film star Michael J. Fox, according to the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Pope John Paul II was recently hospitalized because of breathing problems that were complicated by his advancing Parkinson'...Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals
...er Attorney General Janet Reno, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and film star Michael J. Fox, according to the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Pope John Paul II was recently hospitalized because of breathing problems that were complicated by his advancing Parkinson'...Fruit fly aggression studies have relevance to humans, animals
...e high aggression groups were kicking, chasing and boxing more often, while low aggression groups would hardly fight at all. Selection experiments only show these kinds of results when there is some genetic control over the trait being selected. In this case, the genetic effect was not very strong ?the he...Amateur boxing linked to brain cell injury
...impulses, were measured. Seven to 10 days after a boxing match, the group of boxers had higher average leve...light protein than the control subjects. "Amateur boxing is associated with acute neuronal and astroglial injury," the authors conclude. "If verified in lon...Blows to the head in amateur boxing appear to cause brain damage, according to researc...d be used for medical counseling of athletes after boxing or head injury," said Hietala. The study was extended to soccer players heading the ball repeated...