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Antibiotic Doxycycline May Offer Hope for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Publicado em 03 maio 2017
A study published in February in the journal Scientific Reports suggests that doxycycline, an antibiotic used for more than half a century against bacterial infections, can be prescribed at lower doses for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
According to the authors, the substance reduces the toxicity of α-synuclein, a protein that, under certain conditions, forms abnormal accumulations of aggregates in central nervous system cells, which are damaged as a result. The death of dopaminergic [...]
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Brazilian Zika Virus Strain Causes Birth Defects in Experimental Model
Publicado em 11 maio 2016Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil and Senegal, have described the first “direct experimental proof” that the Brazilian strain of Zika virus can actually cause severe birth defects. The findings are published in the May 11 online issue of Nature. The team, headed by Alysson R. Muotri, PhD, associate professor in the UC San Diego School of Medicine departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and co-corresponding [...]ver notícia