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·May 11, 2022·7 min read

Designer Neurons Offer New Hope for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers have designed a new method of converting non-neural cells into functioning neurons that are able to form synapses, dispense dopamine, and restore the function of neurons undermined by Parkinson's associated destruction of dopaminergic cells.

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·June 9, 2016·7 min read

Setting Standards for Evaluating Pluripotent Stem Cell Quality

A newly study reports on a comprehensive characterization of a large set of iPSCs.

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·August 18, 2015·4 min read

Human Brain in Dish May Accelerate Study of Alzheimer’s and Other Disorders

Using adult human skin cells, researchers have developed an almost complete human brain in a dish that is equal in maturity to that of a 5 week old fetus.

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·May 26, 2015·7 min read

Researchers Create Spheres of Brain Cells Which Mimic the Architecture of the Cerebral Cortex

Researchers hope tracking the development of the spheroids and observing their interactions may shed light on human brain development and the molecular causes of neuropsychological disorders.

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·April 23, 2015·4 min read

Targeting Protein Pathway Could Provide New Alzheimer’s Treatments

Manipulating the rate at which APP is broken down is directly connected to tau levels in the brain, a new study reports.

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·August 22, 2014·4 min read

Stem Cell Therapies Hold Promise, But Obstacles Remain

A new review article focuses on the potential and challenges for therapies involving stem cells.

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·May 22, 2012·3 min read

Stem Cell Research Could Benefit Fragile X Patients

Stem Cell Research Paves way for Progress on Dealing with Fragile X Retardation Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...

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·January 25, 2012·4 min read

Researchers Induce Alzheimer’s Neurons from Pluripotent Stem Cells

First-ever feat provides new method to understand cause of disease, develop drugs Led by researchers at the University of California,...

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·June 15, 2011·2 min read

Researchers Report Progress Using iPS Cells to Reverse Blindness

Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step...

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·April 13, 2011·4 min read

Scientists Recreate Brain Cells from Skin Cells to Study Schizophrenia Safely

A team of scientists at Penn State University, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and other institutions have developed a...