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UCLA Scientists Produce Functioning Neurons From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Scientists with the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to produce from human embryonic stem cells a highly pure, large quantity of functioning neurons that will allow them to create models of and study diseases such as Alzheim ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2007 - 10:20am - 0 attachments

Edinburgh Scientists Identify Factor That Causes Embryonic Stem Cell Specialization

Scientists at the Institute for Stem Cell Research, of the University of Edinburgh show that mouse embryonic stem cells need the protein FGF4 to become competent to be converted into specialized cell types, such as brain or muscle cells. These find ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2007 - 11:26am - 0 attachments

Hereditary ALS Linked To Low Electric Charge In Cells

... other feared protein disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The discovery that charges play such a critical role in ALS is an ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2007 - 10:06am - 0 attachments

Vision Is Processed Like Oscillating Waves, Says Researcher

... waves that are generated in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, and how the mind fails when the brain of an ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 31 2007 - 4:11pm - 0 attachments

Insert Chip, Cure Disease

Imagine a chip, strategically placed in the brain, that could prevent epileptic seizures or allow someone who has lost a limb to control an artificial arm just by thinking about it. It may sound like science fiction, but University of Florida resear ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2007 - 11:27am - 0 attachments

Scientists Show Brain Cells Need MicroRNA To Survive

There are lots of things that brain cells need to survive. Add to that list microRNAs. New research from Rockefeller University shows that neurons that cannot produce microRNAs, tiny single strands of RNA that regulate the expression of genes, slowly di ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2007 - 12:12pm - 1 attachment

Simvastatin Reduces Incidence Of Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s By Almost Half

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that the statin, simvastatin, reduces the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease by almost 50 percent. This is the first study to suggest that statins might reduce ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2007 - 7:40pm - 0 attachments

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Are The Ultimate Perpetual Fuel Cell, Says Study

A startling discovery on the development of human embryonic stem cells by scientists at McMaster University will change how future research in the area is done. A study this week reports on a new understanding of the growth of human stem cells. It h ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2007 - 12:01am - 0 attachments

New Gene Mutation Identified In Common Type Of Dementia

Researchers have identified a new gene mutation linked to frontotemporal dementia, according to a study published in the July 10, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Frontotemporal dementia, one form ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2007 - 2:18pm - 0 attachments

Smoke More, Get Parkinson's Less

A pooled analysis of data from previous studies suggests that cigarette smoking appears to be associated with a reduced risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, with long-term and current smokers at the lowest risk, according to a report in the July iss ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2007 - 11:39pm - 0 attachments