People with schizophrenia, a type of psychosis, have much higher levels of immune system activity within the brain, a recent study finds. The research conducted by Peter Bloomfield and teams at both Kings College and Imperial College London investigated the activity of immune cells in 56 participants who already had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, were at high risk of…
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Stem Cells May Cure Most Common Cause of Blindness
Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) is the leading cause of sight loss in the UK, and over 600,000 Britons are currently affected by the condition (NHS, 2015). The macular is an area of the eye which provides sharp central vision. Although the cause for degeneration in this area isn’t known, it is suspected that free radicals…
Robotic Arm Helps Paralysed Man to Feel Again
John Hopkins University may have created life-changing technology which can help paralysed people to feel again. In a press release from the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, it was explained that a 28 year old man who had been paralysed for over a decade following a spinal-cord injury was given the opportunity to test what is being…
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