Enzyme controlling cell death paves way for treatment of brain damage in newborns
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
where the brain is starved of oxygen around the time of delivery is normally treated by cooling the infant, but this only helps one baby in nine. New research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, could now pave the way for new ways of treating brain damage in newborns.