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Prana Biotechnology Limited (NASDAQ: PRAN) (ASX: PBT) announced that its Head of Research, Assoc. Prof. Robert Cherny, will present new data on PBT2, the Company’s lead compound in development for Alzheimer’s disease, at the Hot Topics Therapeutics/Intervention session on July 14th at the International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) in Honolulu…

Original post: New PBT2 Data In 2010 Hot Topics Session At International Conference On Alzheimer’s Disease

Amid investigations into the scandalous departure of former CEO Mark Hurd, Hewlett-Packard says goodbye to four members, and adds five more.

Original post: HP replaces four board members

Rui Costa, Principal Investigator of the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciªncia (Portugal), and Xin Jin, of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health (USA), describe in the latest issue of the journal Nature, that the activity of certain neurons in the brain can signal the initiation and terminatio…

Original post: Every Action Has A Beginning And An End (And It’s All In Your Brain)

The 787 Dreamliner may be one of the most efficient jets in commercial history, but there’s plenty of other planes in the sky.

Original post: Boeing’s 787 faces sky full of competition (photos)

An article published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry presents a novel pharmacological target that, in combination with a neurotrophic factor, could be used to improve the survival of striatal neurons, the principal nerve cells affected by the neurodegeneration observed in Huntington’s disease…

Original post: UB Researchers Propose A Novel Therapeutic Target For The Treatment Of Huntington’s Disease

MSCI is taking a different approach to try to relieve the congestion that’s sullying the smartphone experience.

Original post: Canadian firm plans 78-satellite Net service

The prevalence of Huntington’s disease (HD) is substantially underestimated in the UK, with significant implications for those affected, the healthcare system, and research…

Original post: Huntington’s Disease Greatly Underestimated In The UK

While it remains unclear exactly how microwave radiation from cell phones may increase brain cancer risk, researchers advise reducing exposure until longer-term effects can be tested.

Original post: Meta cell phone analysis: Text more, talk less

Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have discovered that a particular family of enzymes are involved in the breakdown of proteins that modify the production of toxic fragments that lead to the pathology of Huntington’s disease…

Original post: Leap Forward In Efforts To Develop Treatments For Huntington’s Disease

With launch just six weeks away, NASA has replaced one of the shuttle Discovery’s crew members because of a weekend bicycle accident, naming a veteran spacewalker to keep the flight on track for launch Feb. 24.

Original post: Injured shuttle astronaut replaced six weeks before launch