Neuroscience
Stem cell therapy heals injured mouse brain
Permanent brain damage from a stroke may be reversible thanks to a developing therapeutic technique, a USC-led study has found.
Aug 22, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zika infection may affect adult brain cells
Concerns over the Zika virus have focused on pregnant women due to mounting evidence that it causes brain abnormalities in developing fetuses. However, new research in mice from scientists at The Rockefeller University and ...
Aug 18, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Two Zika proteins responsible for microcephaly identified
USC researchers have tracked down two Zika proteins potentially responsible for thousands of microcephaly cases in Brazil and elsewhere—taking one small step toward preventing Zika-infected mothers from birthing babies ...
Aug 11, 2016
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Genetics
Microcephaly discoveries made in non-Zika cases help explain abnormal brain growth
Long before Zika virus made it a household word, the birth defect called microcephaly puzzled scientists and doctors—even as it changed the lives of the babies born with it during the pre-Zika era.
Aug 5, 2016
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Neuroscience
PET imaging of neurogenesis may contribute to depression diagnosis, evaluation of drug therapy effectiveness
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technology (CLST) in Japan have used a new non-invasive PET scanning technique to obtain images of neuron proliferation in the subventricular zone and subgranular zone of ...
Aug 3, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Stem cells may speed up screening of drugs for rare cancers
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have developed a system that uses transformed human stem cells to speed up screening of existing drugs that might work against rare brain and other cancers.
Aug 2, 2016
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Medical research
Cerebrospinal fluid signals control the behavior of stem cells in the brain
Prof. Fiona Doetsch's research team at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has discovered that the choroid plexus, a largely ignored structure in the brain that produces the cerebrospinal fluid, is an important regulator ...
Jul 21, 2016
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Medical research
Gamma-ray irradiation improves safety of cell therapy for Parkinson's disease
New Rochelle, NY, June 23, 2016 -Replacing dopamine-producing cells in the brain represents a promising therapeutic approach in Parkinson's disease, and a new study shows how post-transplantation gamma-ray irradiation can ...
Jun 23, 2016
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Neural stem cell transplants promote Parkinson's recovery in non-human primates
A multi-center team of researchers in the U.S. testing the potential of cell therapy for treating Parkinson's disease (PD) has found that grafting human parthenogenetic stem cell-derived neural stem cells (hpNSCs) into non-human ...
Jun 7, 2016
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Medical research
Athletes' stem cell use gaining wider appeal
When ailing hockey legend Gordie Howe received stem cells grown by the San Diego company Stemedica, the story attracted international attention. But while Howe's status made his case seem exceptional, this once-exotic therapy ...
May 27, 2016
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