FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·October 6, 2016·4 min readDiffering Division Rates of Brain Stem CellsA new study reports stem cells in the human brain take more time to arrange the chromosomes before distribution than stem cells of great apes.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 3, 2016·4 min readZika Infects and Affects Neural Cells Related to Skull FormationA new study could help explain why children born to mothers infected by Zika are more likely to have microcephaly.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
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 13, 2016·5 min readNew Technique Generates Human Neural Stem Cells For 3D Brain Models and Tissue EngineeringResearchers have devised a new method for generating rapidly differentiating human neural stem cells for use in tissue engineering applications.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·September 7, 2016·5 min readParalyzed Man Regains Use of Arms and Hands After Experimental Stem Cell TherapyResearchers inject an experimental stem cell treatment into the damaged cervical spine of a recently paralyzed young man, restoring a level of function into his hands and arms.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 24, 2016·3 min readStem Cells Fail to Launch in Some Genetic Cases of MicrocephalyAccording to researcher, in some genetic cases of microcephaly neural stem cells fail to divide.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·August 22, 2016·4 min readStem Cell Therapy Heals Injured Mouse BrainResearchers report a new technique may help increase the production of neurons in mice following a stroke.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·August 19, 2016·3 min readNeural Stem Cells Control Their Own FateA new study reports hippocampal neural stem cells regulate their own cell fate via the protein Drosha.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 19, 2016·6 min readZika Virus May Affect Adult Brain CellsA new study reports adult brain cells in areas associated with memory and learning may be vulnerable to the Zika virus.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·August 11, 2016·6 min readDirectly Reprogramming a Cell’s Identity With Gene EditingResearchers use CRISPR to convert cells isolated from mouse connective tissue into neural cells.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·July 19, 2016·4 min readAging Stem Cells to Speed Up Progress Toward ALS TreatmentsStudy shows how ALS may impact neurons as they mature.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·July 15, 2016·4 min readReopening Avenues for Attacking ALSResearchers report the most common genetic mutation associated with ALS plays an important role in not only the nervous system, but also the blood and immune systems.Read More
