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Brain Injury Awareness Month Faculty Experts

Posted: Published on March 15th, 2014

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise March is national Brain Injury Awareness Month. The University of South Carolina has many distinguished neuroscience researchers who study brain injury resulting from stroke, sports and physical injury and cognitive and movement disorders. The researchers below conduct their research through the universitys McCausland Center for Brain Imaging and the Institute for Mind and Brain. To interview one of the faculty members below, contact Peggy Binette or Jeff Stensland in the Office of Media Relations at 803-777-7704, peggy@mailbox.sc.edu; or 803-777-3686, stenslan@mailbox.sc.edu Chris Rorden is a SmartState Chair and Professor of Neuroimaging and co-director of the McCausland Center for Brain Imaging. Rorden, one of the universitys top neuroscience researchers, is an expert in brain injury and can discuss the difficulties with speech and perception that can result from stroke, epilepsy and other neurological disorders. He also can discuss the benefits of recently developed non-invasive techniques for observing and stimulating the brain, which he uses in his research. Rorden teaches graduate and higher level courses including ones on traumatic brain injury, sensation and perception and functional brain imaging. Rutvik Desai is an associate professor of psychology with a background in computer and cognitive sciences. As … Continue reading →

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Teen with traumatic brain injury makes remarkable progress after 30-foot fall

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Pete Benda suffered a traumatic brain injury and a severely broken femur when he fell 30 feet Oct, 26, 2012. He was setting up theater lights when he fell. His family is grateful for all the help and support they have received at Primary Children's Hospital. Pete Benda SANDY Nearly 18 months ago, Pete Benda, a freshman at Juan Diego Catholic High School, fell 30 feet while getting lights ready for a theater production. The 15-year-old suffered a severely broken femur and a traumatic brain injury. At first, Pete's family was told he may never wake up from a coma. Today, he's not only surviving, he's thriving. Pete joked around with his parents Monday as he cooked some eggs in their Sandy home. Im the 0.5 percent, he said. We say Petes our miracle, said his mother, Chris Benda. After Pete's accident Oct. 26, 2012, he was taken to a hospital for 2 weeks. But when they started talking about nursing homes, they moved him to Primary Childrens Hospital, which has a neurorehabilitation unit on the second floor. "We say the first hospital saved his life, but Primary Childrens saved our boy, Chris Benda said. Here is the original post: … Continue reading →

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8,000 Known cases of kidney diseases in Ghana

Posted: Published on March 15th, 2014

Health News of Friday, 14 March 2014 Source: Graphic Online The Minister of Health, Ms. Sherry Ayittey, has said that there are more than 8,000 renal failure patients in Ghana now. Out of the number, less than 600 are receiving serious treatment because of the high cost and the lack of requisite equipment. Ms. Ayittey made this known at the World Kidney Day celebration in Accra yesterday. The event was organised by the Health Education On Wheels (HEOW), a non-governmental organisation, on the theme Chronic kidney disease and ageing. The HEOW is collaborating with the Police Service to establish a dialysis centre at the Ghana Police Hospital. World Kidney Day is celebrated on the second Thursday of March every year and the occasion is always used to increase awareness on the importance of kidneys and how to keep them healthy. Speaking at the event, Ms. Ayittey said chronic kidney diseases could develop at any age. In an attempt to increase accessibility to renal centres, Ms. Ayittey said the Ministry of Health would soon establish dialysis centres in some selected areas in the country. A urology centre, she said, would also be established at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in … Continue reading →

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View from the other side: Organizer of benefit to be beneficiary this year after cancer battle

Posted: Published on March 15th, 2014

For Jason Richter, the Saint Marys University Taylor Richmond Benefit Dance this year will be a new experience. Richter, one of the founding staff organizers of the first benefit in 2001, had always been on the other end of the event, helping students plan and raise funds for those selected. But at Saturdays dance, Richter will be the guest of honor and the beneficiary of the funds raised. I worked on the benefit for 10 years and helped people in need, he said. Its a weird feeling to be on both sides of the benefit. Richter, an SMU alumnus, worked in the student life office from 1998 until 2010. He helped organize the first benefit dance when students approached him about Taylor Richmond and his struggle with ataxia telangiectasia, a rare genetic condition that affects the nervous and immune systems. The students wanted to support and raise money for Richmond and his parents, who were both SMU staff at the time. The idea of a benefit dance was brought up and has become an annual tradition, helping people with ties to the SMU community each year. I told them it sounded like a good idea, Richter said. Since then, its … Continue reading →

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Testosterone Therapy Treatment for Men and Hormone Replacement Therapy for Women

Posted: Published on March 15th, 2014

The FDA is currently investigating the risk of heart attack, stroke and death among individuals using a form of testosterone therapy treatment. The FDA made it clear that testosterone products are approved only for use in men who lack or have low testosterone levels in conjunction with an associated medical condition. Now, according to an article in the Herald Tribune, some critics find the testosterone therapy treatment trend [is] reminiscent of another hormonal regimen with a sexy allure, hormone replacement therapy in women. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) conducted a clinical trial to find the benefits and risks of the combination of estrogen and progestin in healthy menopausal women between the ages of 50 and 79 years old. The trial was a component of the Womens Health Initiative (WHI). Researchers wanted to find the effect of estrogen plus progestin on the prevention of heart disease and hip fractures, and any associated change in risk for breast and colon cancer. The study found an increase in risk for strokes, heart attacks, blood clots, breast cancer, and cardiovascular disease. It found a decrease in hip fractures, total fractures, and colorectal cancer. The trial was stopped early due to the … Continue reading →

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Stem Cell | Skeletal muscle source of stem cells – Video

Posted: Published on March 15th, 2014

Stem Cell | Skeletal muscle source of stem cells Skeletal muscle stem cells... another alternative? Matsumoto and colleagues, in an article published in Arthritis and Rheumatism, looked at a rat model of os... By: Nathan Wei … Continue reading →

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Structural biology, Proteomics & Cancer Symposium: 07 Cancer Program of VNU – Video

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Structural biology, Proteomics Cancer Symposium: 07 Cancer Program of VNU Cancer Program of VNU-Dr. Pham Van Phuc Deputy-Head, Laboratory of Stem Cell Research and Application, HCMUS, VNU-HCM, VN Structural biology, Proteomics Ca... By: Stem Cell Lab HCMUS … Continue reading →

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Japanese investigation of stem cell research finds errors but no fraud so far

Posted: Published on March 15th, 2014

At a lengthy, four-hour press conference in Japan Friday afternoon, officials from the prestigious RIKEN research institute disclosed the interim results of its investigation into controversial stem cell papers, acknowledging serious problems with the research but no evidence so far of outright fraud. Three RIKEN scientists who contributed to the research have now agreed to consider a retraction, in addition to a prominent Japanese scientist and senior author of one of the two papers published in the journal Nature, who earlier this week called for the papers to be withdrawn. It is extremely regrettable that significant discrepancies have been found to have been generated in the process of preparing the Nature articles for publication, Ryoji Noyori, the president of RIKEN and a Nobel laureate, said in a statement. We are investigating these discrepancies, with the understanding that it may become necessary to demand the withdrawal of the articles. The research, coauthored by Boston and Japanese scientists, electrified the scientific world because they reported a shockingly simple way to make stem cells from mature mouse blood cells, by bathing them in a weak acid. If the work is verified by other scientists and reproduced in humans, it could make it easier … Continue reading →

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Nobel laureate calls handing of stem cell research data 'sloppy'

Posted: Published on March 15th, 2014

The Nobel Prize-winning head of a Japanese institute whose scientists' work on stem cells was hailed as a game-changer in the field of medical biology called the lead researcher's handling of the data "extremely sloppy" and "irresponsible". Two papers published in the journal Nature in January detailed a simple way to reprogram mature animal cells back into an embryonic-like state that allows them to generate many types of tissue, offering hope for a simpler way to replace damaged cells or grow new organs in humans. But other scientists have been unable to replicate the research's results since then and there have been indications of problems with its data and images. "The problem here is one immature researcher collected a huge amount of research data, and her handling of data was extremely sloppy and irresponsible," president of Japanese research institute RIKEN Ryoji Noyori told a news conference. "I would like to offer my apology for the Nature articles, having brought into question the credibility of the science community," said Noyori, bowing deeply. Noyori, who won a Nobel prize for chemistry in 2001, was referring to Haruko Obokata, 30, a lead author of the papers who became an instant celebrity in Japan … Continue reading →

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Japanese lab weighing retraction of stem cell research

Posted: Published on March 15th, 2014

Riken president Ryoji Noyori (2nd R) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 14, 2014. A Japanese research institute said March 14 it may retract a study that promised a revolutionary way to create stem cells after claims its data was faulty, dealing a huge blow to what was touted as a game-changing discovery. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images TOKYO -- A Japanese government-funded laboratory said Friday that it has found "inappropriate handling" of data in a widely heralded stem-cell research paper, but has yet to discover anything that amounts to misconduct. In an interim report released Friday, the RIKEN research institute said an investigative committee did not find any misconduct in two of the six parts of the paper it is scrutinizing. RIKEN President Ryoji Noyori, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, said the institute is looking into "significant discrepancies" in the preparation of articles about the research published in January in the scientific journal Nature. "It may become necessary to demand the withdrawal of the articles," he told a packed news conference in Tokyo. RIKEN and Nature are investigating allegations of duplicated images of DNA fragments and partial plagiarism. This image from the January Nature study shows a mouse … Continue reading →

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