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In a major breakthrough for epilepsy research, drugs known as TGF-beta blockers have been found to prevent epilepsy after brain injury in rats. CURE grantees,Daniela Kaufer, PhD (University of California, Berkeley)
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If the findings, which were published this month in The Journal of Neuroscience, are confirmed in humans, a TGF-beta blocker may prevent many cases of epilepsy in accident victims, Iraqi war GIs who suffer from brain trauma after roadside bomb attacks, or people who develop epilepsy after brain tumors, meningitis or other infections to the brain.
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Curcumin one of the most auspicious new agents on the hair loss treatments brigade is a spice encountered in Indian food and table mustard. These Polyphenols from the yellow curry root (also known as turmeric, curcumin) are yet other “unidentified” hair loss remedy.
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Yale University researchers have discovered a new way that autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) can be triggered, they reported Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists have long known the molecule TGF-Beta (transforming growth factor Beta) plays a pivotal role in preventing T cells............
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This study reports on the association between cholesterol and TGF-beta, a cytokine that is thought to be protective for blood vessel cells. The researchers show that cholesterol can decrease the responsiveness of cells to TGF-beta. These results suggest an important link between cholesterol and an important signaling pathway in cells.
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