FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·August 27, 2022·12 min read‘Synthetic’ Embryo With Brain and Beating Heart Grown From Stem CellsResearchers created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a beating heart, a brain, and the foundation for other organs. The new model provides a novel way for future researchers to create and research the earliest stages of development.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·August 17, 2022·3 min readReprogramming Human Skin Cells Into Aged Neurons to Study Neurodegenerative DisordersConverting skin cell samples into neurons helps researchers gain a better understanding of the mechanisms of Huntington's disease.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·July 25, 2022·4 min readThe End of Baldness? The Chemical Controlling Life and Death in Hair Follicles IdentifiedResearchers discovered how the TGF-beta protein controls the process by which hair follicles, including stem cells, divide and form new cells or orchestrate apoptosis. The findings could provide new treatment options for baldness and therapies to speed up wound healing.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·July 19, 2022·4 min readA Blueprint for Turning Stem Cells Into Sensory InterneuronsResearchers have created a new blueprint that outlines how embryonic stem cells from mice become sensory interneurons and identified a method for producing sensory interneurons in a lab setting. If the results can be replicated in human stem cells, researchers say the findings could contribute to the development of therapies to restore sensation to those suffering nerve damage and spinal cord injury.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·July 12, 2022·3 min readNew Human Cell Line Developed to Study Blinding Eye DisordersResearchers have developed a new experimental human cell line from retinal pigment epithelial cells, dubbed ABC cells, that can assist with the study of blinding eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 28, 2022·4 min readHuman Urine-Derived Stem Cells Have Robust Regenerative PotentialStem cells in human urine have the potential to regenerate tissue.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 16, 2022·5 min readScientists Transplant Human Photoreceptors to Successfully Recover Daylight Perception in MiceResearchers developed a new method for producing high numbers of human photoreceptor cells. The human photoreceptor cells can be transplanted in bulk to partially degenerated mouse retinas and improve the detection of daylight in mice with damaged eyesight.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 14, 2022·6 min readStreamlining Stem Cells to Treat Macular DegenerationA new protocol for differentiating human embryonic stem cells to RPE cells could be a safe and effective approach for treating age-related macular degeneration.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeuroscience·May 22, 2022·3 min readGenes Responsible for Glioblastoma Cell Development IdentifiedStudy reveals the ZNF117 gene is a major regulator of glioblastoma tumor cells.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·May 11, 2022·7 min readDesigner Neurons Offer New Hope for Treatment of Parkinson’s DiseaseResearchers 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.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·May 11, 2022·4 min readKey Protein Identified for Brain Stem Cell LongevityINSR, a protein essential for insulin activity, plays a critical role in stem cell longevity. Additionally, inactivating INSR in glioblastoma brain cancer stem cells inhibits the growth of primitive tumor forming cells.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·May 5, 2022·4 min readNew Tool to Create Hearing Cells Lost in AgingResearchers have identified a master gene that programs ear hair cells into either inner or outer cells. The discovery could lead to new treatments to restore hearing loss associated with aging, noise exposure, or as an adverse reaction to medical therapies.Read More
