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Watching Stem Cells Repair the Human Brain
Tel Aviv University researcher shows viability of bone marrow stem cells with unique MRI tracking methodsThursday, 20 August 2009There is no known cure for neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. But new hope, in...
'Jumping Genes' in Brain Cells Create Individual Diversity
Offering clues to both evolutionary progress and neurological diseasesWednesday, 05 August 2009Rather than sticking to a single DNA script, human brain cells harbour astonishing genomic variability, according to scientists at the Salk Institute for B...
Newborn Brain Cells Show the Way
Newborn Brain Cells Show the WayFriday, 10 July 2009Although the fact that we generate new brain cells throughout life is no longer disputed, their purpose has been the topic of much debate. Now, an international collaboration of researchers made a b...
How Brain Stem Cells Develop Into Cells Which Repair Damaged Tissue
Insight could lead to new therapies to repair damage caused by MSWednesday, 01 July 2009The joint research, funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the UK MS Society as well as the National Institutes of Health and Howard Hughes Medical...
Patients Own Stem Cells Help Stroke Victim
UT Houston researchers will enrol 10 patients in phase I trialThursday, 16 April 2009For the first time in the United States, a stroke patient has been intravenously injected with his own bone marrow stem cells as part of a research trial at the Univ...
Creating Ideal Neural Cells for Clinical Use
New protocol quickly and efficiently differentiates human ESCs into committed neural precursor cellsTuesday, 14 April 2009Investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have developed a protocol to rapidly differentiate human e...
Stem Cells Replace Stroke-damaged Tissue
A stem-cell matrix can repair brain damage in rodents.Monday, 09 March 2009Effective stem cell treatment for strokes has taken a significant step forward today (09 March) as scientists reveal how they have replaced stroke-damaged brain tissue in rats...
Stem Cell Transplant Reverses Early-stage Multiple Sclerosis
Stem Cell Transplant Reverses Early-stage Multiple SclerosisFriday, 30 January 2009Researchers from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine appear to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of early-stage multiple sclerosis patients ...
Large DNA Stretches, Not Single Genes, Shut Off as Stem Cells Mature
Epigenetic finding adds insight on how cells become brain, liver – and malignant cellsMonday, 19 January 2009Experiments at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have found that the gradual maturing of embryonic cells into cells as varied as brain, li...
Growth of New Brain Cells Requires ‘Epigenetic’ Switch
Growth of New Brain Cells Requires ‘Epigenetic’ SwitchFriday, 09 January 2009New cells are born every day in the brain's hippocampus, but what controls this birth has remained a mystery. Reporting in the January 1 issue of Science, neuroscientist...
Batten Disease Studied in Yeast Cells
Scientists express human gene mutations in yeast in order to study Batten disease, a fatal childhood neurodegenerative disorderMonday, 22 December 2008Scientists report that human gene mutations expressed in yeast cells can predict the severity of Ba...
'Hobbit' Fossil, Homo floresiensis, Represent a New Species
Researchers compare cranial features using 3-D modellingWednesday, 17 December 2008University of Minnesota anthropology professor Kieran McNulty (along with colleague Karen Baab of Stony Brook University in New York) has made an important contributio...
ALS Model from Human ESCs II
A novel human stem cell-based model of ALS opens doors for rapid drug screeningWednesday, 03 December 2008Long thought of as mere bystanders, astrocytes are crucial for the survival and well-being of motor neurons, which control voluntary muscle move...
ALS Model from Human ESCs I
Motor neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells provide insight into ALSWednesday, 03 December 2008Two new research studies use motor neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) to demonstrate that multiple toxic pathways contribute...
Cellular Damage in Huntington's Disease
New clues emerge from studyMonday, 17 November 2008"Huntington's disease presents an ideal vantage point to study neurodegenerative disease, because we know the misfolded protein that's responsible," says Martin Duennwald, formerly a postdoctoral res...
