New Atlas7d
Directly converting skin cells to brain cells yields 1,000% success
In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...
Medical Xpress2d
Case study: Bartonella and Babesia found in brain tissue of child with seizures
In a recent case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain ... a group of vector-borne ...
Mirage News2d
Child's Seizures Linked to Bartonella, Babesia in Brain
In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and ...
Science Daily7d
Engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy
Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries ...
Preclinical study demonstrates improved gene therapy approach to treating a rare and devastating disease in children
In a preclinical study, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated a novel gene therapy with ...
GEN22d
Brain Cannabinoid Receptor Linked With Stress Resilience in Mice
As part of their reported research, the team induced an increase in CB1 receptor abundance in mouse astrocytes in the nuclear acumbens (Nac) structure in the brain, by developing a viral vector ...
EurekAlert!22d
Scientists discover key protein in resilience to stress
The research team first induced an increase in CB1 receptor abundance in mouse astrocytes by developing a viral vector ... of human brains from the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank in Montreal ...