Possible new treatments for a brain disorder will be investigated by scientists in Staffordshire after they were awarded £108,000 funding.The disorder is caused by a lack of oxygen and damage to brain cells.
Funding has come from the British Heart Foundation and Dr Ruoli Chen, leading the study, said the work could have a "significant impact".Symptoms of VCI range from forgetfulness to more serious ones around attention, memory and language with the most serious form called vascular dementia.When blood supply and oxygen are reduced to the brain, a protein builds up to help cells survive and the Keele University said researches would study its role in the development of VCI.
Prof James Leiper, from the BHF, said he hoped the research could ultimately contribute to the first treatments in this area. "While we suspect that reduced blood flow leads to the brain becoming injured, we don't fully understand how this happens and we don't have any treatments that can stop it," he added.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
Education Education Latest News, Education Education Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Social media really is making us more morally outragedPlatforms like Twitter may amplify engrained human behaviors, but a future filled with healthy discourse and productive conversations isn't impossible. Social media gives the Left the illusion of control over speech. Absolutely, it gears itself towards cognitive dissonance and basically just pisses people off. The only real discourse that matters is on a personal level. Until we can be s collection of people who who can disagree and not be disagreeable nothing productive happens. If universities, colleges and secondary schools taught critical thinking and actual science we might actually thrive. As it is we’ll be lucky to survive
Source: PopSci - 🏆 298. / 63 Read more »
Editorial: UH has earned Texas' respect — and a $1 billion endowmentOnly the University of Texas and Texas A&M have access to the Permanent University... No UofH does not deserve. It is an embarrassment to the state. Prairie View should be in line ahead of UH. No
Source: HoustonChron - 🏆 609. / 51 Read more »
Scientists developed new ice form with similar density to liquid waterA team of scientists from the University of Cambridge and University College London discovered a new type of ice that resembles water more than any other.
Source: IntEngineering - 🏆 287. / 63 Read more »
Harnessing the power of AI to learn more about deadly cancersScientists developed a robust machine-learning algorithm that uncovers potential targets for treating aggressive brain tumors.
Source: IntEngineering - 🏆 287. / 63 Read more »