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This shows the neurons induced from the stem cells

Stem cells reprogrammed into neurons could reveal drugs harmful to pregnancy

Neuroscience NewsJune 17, 2019

A new experimental system which uses embryonic stem cells reprogrammed into neurons has the potential to assess the pathogenic effects of a drug on brain development.... Read More...

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A Recipe to Make a Human Blood-Brain Barrier

Neuroscience NewsNovember 8, 2017

Researchers have defined a process that can help to create more realistic human blood-brain barriers in a dish.... Read More...

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Lab Grown Nerve Cells Make Heart Cells Throb

Neuroscience NewsJune 16, 2016

Researchers report that a type of lab-grown human nerve cells can partner with heart muscle cells to stimulate contractions.... Read More...

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Image shows hPSC-derived pituitary cells after 30 days of differentiation.

Pituitary Tissue Grown From Human Stem Cells Releases Hormones in Rats

Neuroscience NewsJune 14, 2016

According to a new study, rats with hypopituitarism received pituitary cell transplants, which promoted normal hormone release.... Read More...

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Diagram shows human retinal ganglion cells are shown at day 50.

Growing Retinal Nerve Cells in a Lab

Neuroscience NewsDecember 1, 2015

Researchers have developed a new method that efficiently turns human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells.... Read More...

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Neurotoxicity Predicted by Organoids Derived from Stem Cells

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 21, 2015

Researchers have developed a new approach to predicting developmental neurotoxicity that uses stem cells to model features of the developing human brain.... Read More...

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Shaping the social networks of neurons

Fonts in campaign communications have liberal or conservative leanings

High air pollution exposure in 1-year-olds’ linked to structural brain changes at age 12

Neurology

First treatment for pain using human stem cells a success

Lithium may halt Alzheimer’s progression

Certain personality traits in high school may lower dementia risk five decades later

AI

A rat had basically no brain, but it could still see, hear, smell, and feel

Google and Janelia researchers unveil biggest, most detailed map of the fly brain to date

The way you dance is unique, and computers can tell it’s you

Robotics

Findings about sea star locomotion could aid in development of simpler, decentralized systems in robotics

The first living robots

Psychology

Fonts in campaign communications have liberal or conservative leanings

Silicon Valley’s latest fad is dopamine fasting – and that may not be as crazy as it sounds

How emotions are mapped in the brain

human pluripotent stem cells

Stem cells reprogrammed into neurons could reveal drugs harmful to pregnancy

A Recipe to Make a Human Blood-Brain Barrier

Lab Grown Nerve Cells Make Heart Cells Throb

Pituitary Tissue Grown From Human Stem Cells Releases Hormones in Rats

Growing Retinal Nerve Cells in a Lab

Neurotoxicity Predicted by Organoids Derived from Stem Cells