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Neural stem cell differentiation factor discovered
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Neural stem cells represent the cellular backup of our brain. These cells are capable of self-renewal to form new stem cells or differentiate into neurons, astrocytes or oligodendrocytes. Astrocytes have supportive functions ...
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Identification of a novel neural stem cell type
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Jan 14, 2008 |
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As published in the upcoming issue of G&D, sesearchers from the Sloan-Kettering Institute, led by Dr. Lorenz Studer, have discovered a novel type of neural stem cell, which has a broader differentiation potential than previously ...
An Inexhaustible Source of Neural Cells
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists in Bonn, Germany, have succeeded in deriving so-called brain stem cells from human embryonic stem cells. These can not only be conserved almost indefinitely in culture, but can also serve ...
Researchers find stem cells from monkey teeth can stimulate growth and generation of brain cells
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Nov 11, 2008 |
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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 ...
Post brain injury: New nerve cells originate from neural stem cells
Mar 11, 2008 |
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Most cells in the human brain are not nerve cells, but supporting cells (glial cells). They serve as a framework for nerve cells and play an important role in the wound reaction that occurs with injuries to the brain. However, ...
Researchers identify key mechanism that regulates the development of stem cells into neurons
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Nov 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a novel mechanism in the regulation and differentiation of neural stem cells.
Single factor converts adult stem cells into embryonic-like stem cells
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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The simple recipe scientists earlier discovered for making adult stem cells behave like embryonic-like stem cells just got even simpler. A new report in the February 6th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, ...
New study hopeful on neural stem cells
Aug 05, 2006 |
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Neural stem cells derived from federally approved human embryonic cells are inferior to stem cells derived from donated fetal tissue, a new study found.
Transplanted human stem cells prolong survival in mouse model of rare brain disease
Sep 03, 2009 |
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A new study finds substantial improvement in a mouse model of a rare, hereditary neurodegenerative disease after transplantation of normal human neural stem cells. The research findings, published by Cell Press in the September ...
Researchers report of a brain and spinal tumor following human fetal stem cell therapy
Feb 18, 2009 |
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A case report published in this week's issue of the open-access general medical journal, PLoS Medicine, describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy. Ninette Amariglio and Gideon Rechavi from the Sheba Medica ...
When is a stem cell not really a stem cell?
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Aug 26, 2007 |
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Working with embryonic mouse brains, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists seems to have discovered an almost-too-easy way to distinguish between “true” neural stem cells and similar, but less potent versions. Their finding, ...
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