News tagged with neural stem
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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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 ...
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Ageing Brains Show Great Promise for Rejuvenation
(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ neuroscientists have, for the first time, been able to demonstrate that moderate exercise significantly increases the number of neural stem cells in the ageing brain.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 24, 2009 |
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New study pinpoints gene controlling number of brain cells (w/ Video)
In populating the growing brain, neural stem cells must strike a delicate balance between two key processes - proliferation, in which the cells multiply to provide plenty of starting materials - and differentiation, in which ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 04, 2009 |
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Well-known enzyme is unexpected contributor to brain growth
An enzyme researchers have studied for years because of its potential connections to cancer, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and stroke, appears to have yet another major role to play: helping create and maintain the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 12, 2009 |
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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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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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Human ES cells progress slowly in myelin's direction
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, USA, report in the journal Development the successful generation from human embryonic stem cells of a type of cell that can make myelin, a finding that opens up new possibilities for bo ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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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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Insulin-like signal needed to keep stem cells alive in adult brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, biologists have found a signal that keeps stem cells alive in the adult brain, providing a focus for scientists looking for ways to re-grow or re-seed stem ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Rescue services at the cellular level: How stem cells help brain to regain its functions after stroke
(PhysOrg.com) -- The aim of regenerative medicine is to repair or replace malfunctioning cells, tissues, and even organs. Stem cells, the multi-taskers and jacks-of-all-trades that can regenerate themselves ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Scientists succeed through stem cell therapy in reversing brain birth defects
Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded in reversing brain birth defects in animal models, using stem cells to replace defective brain cells.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Researcher regenerates brain tissue in traumatic injuries
An injectable biomaterial gel may help brain tissue grow at the site of a traumatic brain injury, according to findings by a Clemson University bioengineer.
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Neural stem cells maintain high levels of reactive oxygen species, study finds
For years, the majority of research on reactive oxygen species (ROS) – ions or very small molecules that include free radicals – has focused on how they damage cell structure and their potential link to stroke, ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Memories of the way they used to be
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have developed a safe strategy for reprogramming cells to a pluripotent ...
Sep 18, 2009 |
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