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Grafting of human spinal stem cells into ALS rats best with immunosuppressant combination

A team of researchers grafting human spinal stem cells into rats modeled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," a degenerative, lethal, neuromuscular disease, have tested four different ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term correction of severe spinal muscular atrophy by antisense therapy

A new study from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) reports surprising results that suggest that the devastating neuromuscular disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), might not exclusively affect the motor neurons in the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An app for your brain: new educational tool developed by U-M doctor

With a new application developed by a U-M neurologist, better understanding of the anatomy of the peripheral nervous system can be found right on your iPhone.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers discover that stem cell marker regulates synapse formation

Among stem cell biologists there are few better-known proteins than nestin, whose very presence in an immature cell identifies it as a "stem cell," such as a neural stem cell. As helpful as this is to researchers, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 30, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

A new way to measure muscle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after taking a faculty position at MIT, Joel Dawson '96, SM '97 got together with his former music teacher, Elena Ruehr, for coffee. Ruehr, an MIT lecturer in music and theater arts, ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fruit fly steps in to fight human disease

Belgian scientists have successfully introduced genes coding for a variant of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, into fruit flies. CMT is one of the most common hereditary disorders of the peripheral nervous system. VIB ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study may redefine how a chronic auto-immune disease is diagnosed

New research from Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (JHN) may redefine how Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is diagnosed.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

What do neurologists do for entertainment? They will play 'Neurobowl'

One of the highlights of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology is "Neurobowl," a competition modeled after TV quiz shows.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0