Posts Tagged ‘Genetics’
New Embryonic Stem Cell Line Will Aid Research on Nerve Condition
Second U-M stem cell line now publicly available to help researchers find treatments for nerve condition. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease line made from a never-frozen donated embryo. The University of Michigan’s second human embryonic stem cell line has just been placed on [Read More]
Agent Reduces Autism-like Behaviors in Mice
Boosts Sociability, Quells Repetitiveness – NIH Study National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of the three core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). An experimental compound, called GRN-529, increased social [Read More]
New Genetically Engineered Mice Aid Understanding of Incurable Neuromuscular Disease
A team of scientists from the University of Missouri created a genetically modified mouse that mimics key features of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, an inherited neuromuscular disease affecting approximately 150,000 people in the United States. Charcot-Marie-Tooth, or CMT, is [Read More]
Scientists Find Neural Stem Cell Regulator
Lack of regulator can cause neural tube defects. Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that lack of a specific gene interrupts neural tube closure, a condition that can cause death or paralysis. “The neural tube is the beginning of the [Read More]
Excessive Worrying May Have Co-evolved with Intelligence
What is usually seen as pathology may aid survival of the species. Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and other institutions. Jeremy Coplan, MD, professor of [Read More]
Fine-scale Analysis of Human Brain Yields Insight into its Distinctive Composition
Study published in Cell by Allen Institute for Brain Science examines cellular and molecular organization of human and mouse brain. Scientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have identified similarities and differences among regions of the human brain, among the [Read More]
Fragile X Syndrome Can Be Reversed in Adult Mouse Brain
A recent study finds that a new compound reverses many of the major symptoms associated with Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common form of inherited intellectual disability and a leading cause of autism. The paper, published by Cell Press in the April 12 issue of the [Read More]
Researchers Convert Skin and Umbilical Cord Cells Directly into Nerve Cells
Until recently, the production of pluripotent “multipurpose” stem cells from skin cells was considered to be the ultimate new development. In the meantime, it has become possible to directly convert cells of the body into one another – without the time-consuming [Read More]
New MRI Technique May Predict Progress of Dementias
Computer Modeling Supports Theory That Many Dementias Spread Like Prion Diseases. A new technique for analyzing brain images offers the possibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict the rate of progression and physical path of many degenerative brain [Read More]
Researchers Show How Embryonic Stem Cells Orchestrate Human Development
Yale researchers show in detail how three genes within human embryonic stem cells regulate development, a finding that increases understanding of how to grow these cells for therapeutic purposes. This process, described in the April 6 issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, is [Read More]
