News tagged with neural stem cell
Central nervous system stem cells shed light on mechanism that controls asymmetrical division
Animals consist of many distinct cell types, all of which originate during development from a single cell: the fertilized egg. To generate this vast cellular diversity, the egg and its descendants must divide ...
May 18, 2012 |
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Small molecules for neural stem cells
European scientists used chemical genetics to discover molecules that could serve as future regenerative medicines to treat neurological and neurodegenerative diseases.
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Therapeutically useful stem cell derivatives in need of stability
Human stem cells capable of giving rise to any fetal or adult cell type are known as pluripotent stem cells. It is hoped that such cells, the most well known being human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), can be used to generate ...
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Flexible adult stem cells, right there in your eye
In the future, patients in need of perfectly matched neural stem cells may not need to look any further than their own eyes. Researchers reporting in the January issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have identi ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Cell Transplantation study shows bone growth from implanted tooth and dental pulp stem cells
Researchers in Japan have completed a study showing that stem cells derived from deciduous canine teeth and dental pulp can be grafted and produce bone regeneration between parents and offspring. Their results are published ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Cells derived from pluripotent stem cells are developmentally immature
Stem cell researchers at UCLA have discovered that three types of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells are similar to each other, but are much more developmentally immature than ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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The sweet mysteries of the nervous system
Researchers in Germany have produced an antibody that allows them to distinguish the numerous types of stem cells in the nervous system better than before.
May 10, 2011 |
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What decides neural stem cell fate?
Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and their collaborators found that expression of a gene called SOX2 maintains the potential for neural crest stem cells to become neurons in the peripheral nervous ...
May 05, 2011 |
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Key innovations in stem-cell technology will advance medicine
A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has made two significant stem-cell discoveries that advance medicine and human health by creating powerful new approaches for using stem cells and stem-cell-like technology.
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Scientists create stable, self-renewing neural stem cells
In a paper published in the April 25 early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, the Gladstone Instit ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Research may lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders
A group of scientists at Marshall University is conducting research that may someday lead to new treatments for repair of the central nervous system.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Novel factor behind ES cells' neural default
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are highly regarded for their ability to give rise to the full range of cellular lineages found in the adult body, but left to their own devices ESCs tend to differentiate into ...
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Brain cell regrowth linked to benefits of exercise, sexual behaviors and reproductive issues
Two studies published by an interdisciplinary team of Hong Kong researchers in the current special issue of Cell Transplantation (20:1), now freely available on-line, link the regrowth of key adult brain cells (neurogenesis) in two ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Tracking neural stem cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic nanoparticles could be used to track neural stem cells after a transplant in order to monitor how the cells heal spinal injuries, say UCL scientsts.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Researchers identify mechanism that regulates how neural circuits between the retina and brain form
(PhysOrg.com) -- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have identified a mechanism that regulates the formation of a specific neural circuit, taking researchers a step closer to understanding ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 13, 2011 |
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