Medical research

Creation of new brain cells may be limited, mouse study shows

It used to be that everyone knew that you are born with all the brain cells you'll ever have. Then UC San Francisco's Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, Ph.D., and other neuroscientists discovered in birds and mice that stem cells in ...

Neuroscience

Stem cell-derived 'organoids' help predict neural toxicity

A new system developed by scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research and the University of Wisconsin-Madison may provide a faster, cheaper and more biologically relevant way to screen drugs and chemicals that could ...

Neuroscience

'Brain Glue' repairs traumatic brain injuries

Researchers at the University of Georgia's Regenerative Bioscience Center have developed Brain Glue, a substance that could one day serve as a treatment for traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs.

Neuroscience

'Housekeeping' mechanism for brain stem cells discovered

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a molecular pathway that controls the retention and release of the brain's stem cells. The discovery offers new insights into normal and abnormal neurologic ...

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