Dr. Susan Sharma: This is insidermedicinein60 from London. According to research in the journal Biomaterials, stem cells may be able to repair brain damage after a stroke. Researchers inserted tiny scaffolds with stem cells attached into the stroke damaged brains of rats and found that the stem cells grew into new tissue to fill the holes caused by the stroke. While this study is promising, more research is needed before this technique can be tried on humans.
From Paris, according to research in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, abdominal obesity can predict poor lung function. In a study of over 120,000 people, researchers found that women with a waist measurement of 35 inches or more and men with a measurement of 40 inches or more had nearly twice the risk of below normal results on a lung function test than slimmer patients.
Finally, from Belgium, according to research in the Annals of Neurology, a simple blood test may be able to identify those at risk for a particular form of dementia. In a study of 34 people, researchers found that a blood test for proteins produced by a mutated gene called PGRN was able to identify people at risk for frontotemporal lobar degeneration. FTLD is one of the leading causes of dementia.
For Insidermedicinein60, I'm Dr. Susan Sharma.
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