Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found further evidence that microglia are the key link between the accumulation of abnormal proteins, including beta-amyloid and tau, in the brain and the actual brain damage observed in Alzheimer’s patients.
French researchers are developing what they say is the most powerful Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner in the world, which will use a supermagnet the weight of a blue whale and should allow earlier diagnosis of diseases such as Parkinson’s.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Allergan plc’s supplemental biologics application for Botox for the treatment of pediatric patients (2 to 17 years of age) with upper limb spasticity.