A team of scientists at Penn State University, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and other institutions have developed a...
Until recently, the production of pluripotent “multipurpose” stem cells from skin cells was considered to be the ultimate new development....
‘HD in a dish’ will facilitate search for elusive treatment. An international consortium of Huntington’s disease experts, including several from...
A new method for obtaining mature neuronal cells from reprogrammed skin cells allows researchers to safely and effectively study diseases such as schizophrenia and autism.
By turning skin cells of patients with Dravet syndrome into neurons, researchers create a miniature testing ground for epilepsy
A new study offers a promising discovery for the treatment and prevention of prion disease.
Researchers discover a surprising degree of variation among the genomes of individual neurons taken from the same brain.
Researchers have developed a new technology in order to regenerate functional neurons after brain injury.
Researchers pinpoint an error in protein formation which could be the root of ALS.
Researchers use iPSCs to create a disease in a dish model of Huntington's disease in transgenic nonhuman primates.
Researchers have implicated a new gene associated with Rett syndrome in idiopathic autism.
Researchers have identified a gene which could help explain why the human brain is larger than those of other animals.
