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Featured Genetics

·August 11, 2016·6 min read

Directly Reprogramming a Cell’s Identity With Gene Editing

Researchers use CRISPR to convert cells isolated from mouse connective tissue into neural cells.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·July 19, 2016·4 min read

Aging Stem Cells to Speed Up Progress Toward ALS Treatments

Study shows how ALS may impact neurons as they mature.

Featured Neurology

·July 15, 2016·4 min read

Reopening Avenues for Attacking ALS

Researchers 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.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·July 7, 2016·5 min read

New Neurons Reveal Clues About an Individual’s Autism

A new study unravels the mechanisms driving excess brain growth that affects as many as 30 percent of people with autism.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·July 6, 2016·5 min read

Molecule That Guides Placement of Neurons in Adult Brain May Be Tied to Schizophrenia

According to researchers, miR-19 may be disrupted in cells of some patients with schizophrenia.

Featured Genetics Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 28, 2016·3 min read

New Method to Grow and Transplant Muscle Stem Cells Holds Promise for Treatment of MD

A new study reports on a new method of stem cell transplantation that could help people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Featured Genetics

·June 24, 2016·4 min read

Manufactured Stem Cells to Advance Clinical Research

A new study reports clinical grade stem cell lines will enable the development of new therapies and accelerate early stage clinical research.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·June 16, 2016·5 min read

Lab Grown Nerve Cells Make Heart Cells Throb

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

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 14, 2016·7 min read

Regenerating Memory With Neural Stem Cells

Researchers hint that a new technique of grafting neural stem cells into the hippocampus could help restore memory.

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

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 14, 2016·5 min read

Pituitary Tissue Grown From Human Stem Cells Releases Hormones in Rats

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

Illustration shows how an ischemic stroke can occur.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·June 6, 2016·8 min read

Stem Cells Shown to be Safe and Beneficial for Chronic Stroke Patients

A new study reports those who suffered disabilities as a result of stroke demonstrated substantial long term recovery following stem cell transplantation.