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10 Aug 2020

Researchers find new potential treatment for Prion diseases

The most common form of prion disease that affects humans is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, popularly known as Mad Cow Disease, is another prion disease Prion diseases are caused by disrupting the structure of a normal human prion protein, producing toxic clumps in the brain Because prion protein is central to disease, reducing levels of prion protein in patients is a promising therapeutic approach

02 Jul 2020

New eye drops may prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion: Study

The study was published in Nature Communications. Retinal vein occlusion occurs when a major vein that drains blood from the retina is blocked, usually due to a blood clot. As a result, blood and other fluids leak into the retina, damaging specialized light-sensing neurons called photoreceptors.

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