Researchers reported a conductance-based organic electrochemical neuron that mimicked biological signaling in neurons, especially activation/inactivation of their sodium and potassium channels.
replacement therapy or hrt a type of treatment originally designed to alleviate the symptoms of menopause could be potentially important in lowering the risk of some women developing alzheimer s disease. the paper, written by scientists at the university of east anglia and the university of edinburgh, says it has found evidence that hrt therapy reduces the incidence of the disease in women with the apoeii gene. you may be wondering what that all means? well earlier i spoke to professor anne marie milihane from the university of east anglia who explained more. so apoe is a really important protein in brain function. it does all kinds of things in the brain. it is involved in the health of the neuron, it s involved in inflammation, glucose utilisation by the brain. it has many functions. but if you have the ell version rather than the common e3 version, it is less effective and in the long term it is associated with more accelerated cognitive decline and increased risk of dementia.
This is S Chand’s second exit this year. The Delhi-based company exited from edtech start-up Testbook in July this year with approximately 7.8x returns.
Nerve cells can regulate their sensitivity to incoming signals autonomously. A new study led by the University of Bonn has now discovered a mechanism that does just that. The German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior were involved in the work.
ALS is associated with the death of motor nerve cells, or neurons, affecting around three to five in one lakh population above 50 years of age each year in India and causing around 1.5 lakh deaths annually as per estimates.Amit