FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 30, 2020·4 min readScientists regenerate neurons in mice with spinal cord injury and optic nerve damageLIN28, a molecule that regulates cell growth could help in the treatment of spinal cord injury and optic nerve damage. When expressed above normal levels, the molecule fuels axon growth in mice with injury, enabling the body to repair damaged nerves.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 2, 2019·4 min readGenes That Drive Male-Female Brain Differences and Timing of PubertyA new study reveals a group of genes that induces differences in brain development of males and females, and triggers the initiation of sexual maturation.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·September 28, 2016·2 min readNew Insight into Eye DiseaseResearchers transfer genes into muller glial cells to activate stem cells properties and cause them to reproduce.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeurology·September 4, 2012·3 min readNew Gene Variants Found to Raise Risk of Neuroblastoma and Influence Tumor ProgressionResearchers have discovered two gene variants that raise the risk of the pediatric cancer neuroblastoma. This is the first study to link known cancer-related genes HACE1 and LIN28B to neuroblastoma. The study broadens understanding of how gene changes may make a child susceptible to this early childhood cancer, as well as causing a tumor to progress.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedGenetics·June 15, 2012·3 min readGenetic Markers – Hope for New Brain Tumor TreatmentsResearchers at The University of Nottingham have identified three sets of genetic markers that could potentially pave the way for...Read More