Science and Technology

Scientists from the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) and the University of Lund (Lund University), Sweden, published a study specifying the mechanism of spreading the brain of Parkinson's disease. Experiments on rats with a model of this neurodegenerative disease reveal a process that previously explained mad cow disease: the migration of misfolded proteins from patients to healthy cells. This model has never before been so clearly demonstrated on a living body, and a breakthrough by scientists makes us a step closer to drugs that are able to actively intervene during Parkinson's disease.

A region of the genome is found, mutations in which serve as one of the causes of migraine: this site is on the X chromosome and includes a gene that controls the level of iron in the brain cells.

Nutritional supplements containing iron are able to cure people who suffer not only anemia, but also those who experience constant causeless fatigue.

Scientists at the University of South Florida and Fudan University in Shanghai have found an increase in brain volume and improved memory and thinking tests in elderly Chinese practitioners of ancient Tai Chi gymnastics three times a week, writes Medical Xpress.