Medicortex Finland is raising money through crowdfunding to revolutionize brain injury diagnostics in soldiers and army personnel This press release was orginally distributed by SBWire Turku, Finland -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/14/2017 -- There is a void of point-of-care test that help diagnose acute traumatic brain injuries on the battlefields. But a crowdfund effort aims to change that. The public can now participate in the crowdfunding campaign and help in the development of the diagnostic kit currently being developed by a Finish-based firm called Medicortex using Invesdor's crowdfunding portal: http://www.invesdor.com/medicortex. Medicortex is issuing shares with a goal of raising capital to match funding from the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes). TBI is an extremely serious and, unfortunately, increasingly common condition which, for combat veterans, is in most cases the direct result of the proximity to the concussive force of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), mortars, rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and other explosive weaponry. The symptoms of TBI which occur because of the head trauma include sleep disturbance, problems with concentration, ringing in the ears, nausea, and seizures. When left untreated, these symptoms can develop into more severe neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Due to the concussive blasts of IEDs in Afghanistan … Continue reading →

AN ILMINSTER man who suffered a life-changing brain injury after a tragic car crash has thanked the public after they raised more than 10,000 to help him get treatment. Will Mieville-Hawkins NHS treatment was stopped in March and members of the public have since rallied round to raise thousands of pounds to help, including a stranger who ran in the Taunton Marathon for him. Will, 26, of Station Road, was involved in a car crash on A303 in April 2016 in which he sustained a life-changing brain injury. He said: I suffered a big brain injury but I am not sure of the actual details. It left me unable to walk and unable to use one of my arms. Will was in a coma for a month and also lost his memory from the crash until July. The latest fundraiser to support Will is Bonnie Bow-Thompson of Bradford on Tone, who ran the Taunton Half-Marathon on April 2, raising more than 500 to help Will pay for his latest treatment. I didnt know her at all and I had never met her before, Will said. I felt incredibly overwhelmed when I found out. I met her for the first time … Continue reading →

A nasal spray can limit damage to the brain from a seizure disorder called status epilepticus, a study in animals shows. The disorder can present itself as a single seizure that lasts longer than 30 minutes or a series of seizures between which the person doesnt regain consciousness. If it doesnt stop quickly, even one episode can cause brain damage, loss of cognitive function, and memory loss. Saving the brain from injury and disease is certainly one of the holy grails of medicine. Saving the brain from injury and disease is certainly one of the holy grails of medicine, says Darwin J. Prockop, chair in genomic medicine and professor at the Texas A&M College of Medicine and co-senior author of the paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Our paper suggests one way that this might be done, and not by a procedure that requires brain surgery or even injection into a vein: All that would be required is a nasal spray that a patient might receive in a doctors office. The compound in the nasal spray is anti-inflammatory exosomes, or extracellular vesicles, which Prockop and his team isolated from cultures of mesenchymal stem cells, a type … Continue reading →