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A Novel Waste Removal Factor Treats Brain Hemorrhage

Vassileios Stratoulias and Mikko Airavaara.
Vassileios Stratoulias and Mikko Airavaara at the BrainRepair laboratory, University of Helsinki.

University of Helsinki and Taiwanese researchers have found a new way to remove waste from the brain after haemorrhage.

Intracerebral haemorrhage, and bleeding into the brain tissue, is a devastating neurological condition affecting millions of people annually. It has a high mortality rate, while survivors are affected by long-term neurological deficits. No medication has been found to support brain recovery following hemorrhage.

In an international collaboration, researchers from the Brain Repair laboratory, University of Helsinki, together with their Taiwanese colleagues investigated whether a protein called cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF) has potential as a treatment ...

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