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SCIENCE NEWS
Scientists Make Paralyzed Rats Walk Again After Spinal Cord Injury
According to recent experiments, researchers have discovered that the regeneration of severed nerve fibers is not required for paraplegic rats to learn to walk again. [University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles]
Neuralstem Receives FDA Approval to Commence First ALS Stem Cell Trial
Neuralstem, Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its Investigational New Drug application to commence a Phase I trial to treat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with its spinal cord stem cells. [Neuralstem Inc., Rockville]
Historic Gene Therapy Trial to Treat Alzheimer's Disease Underway
Researchers are now recruiting volunteers for a national gene therapy trial for the treatment of patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. [Georgetown University, Washington]
Gray Matters: Unsung Brain Cells Determine Function of Neurons
While many of his colleagues have devoted their careers to studying neurons, Barres has become a world authority on a set of cells called "glia" and is at the forefront of research efforts showing how these cells play a pivotal role in brain function. [Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford]
Human iPS Cells Retain Some Gene Expression of Donor Cells
Recent studies reveal that induced pluripotent stem cells maintain a "transcriptional signature.", in essence, these cells retain some memory of the donor cells they once were. [University of California-San Diego, San Diego]
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