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Researchers identify promising therapeutic target for central nervous system injuries

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scars can serve as double-edged swords in spinal cord injuries—saving a victim's life, but sealing his or her fate as a paraplegic or quadriplegic. The scar forms a wall around the wound, preventing the injury from spreading, ...


Discovered key gene for the formation of new neurons

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discovered a gene - called AP2gamma - crucial for the neural development of the visual cortex, in a discovery that can have implications for the therapeutics of neural regeneration as well as provide new clues ...


Scientists propose new theory of autism

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dysregulated, meaning symptoms ...





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Live-animal nerve regeneration study gets a boost

Live-animal nerve regeneration study gets a boost

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created Apr 11, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

An MIT team has improved upon its landmark technology reported last year in which the researchers used a fingernail-sized lab on a chip to image, perform surgery on and sort tiny worms to study nerve regeneration.


Stem cells are good for the brain

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created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

For some years, scientists have been speculating over why stem cells exist in the brain, as brain regeneration is limited. A German team of neuroscientists believe these stem cells help keep the brain healthy and active.


Regeneration can be achieved after chronic spinal cord injury

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that regeneration of central nervous system axons can be achieved in rats even when treatment delayed is more than a year after the original ...


Researchers regenerate axons necessary for voluntary movement

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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

For the first time, researchers have clearly shown regeneration of a critical type of nerve fiber that travels between the brain and the spinal cord and which is required for voluntary movement. The regeneration was accomplished ...


Silencing growth inhibitors could help recovery from brain injury

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created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Silencing natural growth inhibitors may make it possible to regenerate nerves damaged by brain or spinal cord injury, finds a study from Children's Hospital Boston. In a mouse study published in the November 7 issue of Science, resear ...


Researcher regenerates brain tissue in traumatic injuries

Researcher regenerates brain tissue in traumatic injuries

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

An injectable biomaterial gel may help brain tissue grow at the site of a traumatic brain injury, according to findings by a Clemson University bioengineer.


Researchers tackle protein mechanisms behind limb regeneration

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The most comprehensive study to date of the proteins in a species of salamander that can regrow appendages may provide important clues to how similar regeneration could be induced in humans.


Unraveling the mechanisms behind organ regeneration in zebrafish

Unraveling the mechanisms behind organ regeneration in zebrafish

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The search for the holy grail of regenerative medicine -- the ability to "grow back" a perfect body part when one is lost to injury or disease -- has been under way for years, yet the steps involved in this ...


Researchers find stem cells from monkey teeth can stimulate growth and generation of brain cells

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created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have discovered dental pulp stem cells can stimulate growth and generation of several types of neural cells. Findings from this study, available ...


Lab-grown nerves promote nerve regeneration after injury

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created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have engineered transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides regeneration in an animal model. Results were published this month in Tissue En ...



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