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Transplantation of human neural cells for treatment of neurodegenerative conditions

A method of treating neurodegenerative conditions is provided. Neural stem cells may be implanted at and/or remote from a region of neuron degeneration. The methods can include isolating neural stem cells from regions where specific types of neurons corresponding...

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New theory offers clues to vital ?repair and maintenance? role of sleep $

We spend about a third of our life asleep, but why we need to do so remains a mystery. In a recent publication, reers at University of Surrey and University College London suggest a new hypothesis, that the biological function of sleep is to allow for ... [Published Noodls - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Neuron, University of Surrey, hypothesis, London Underground Ltd, University College London

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Understanding and targeting cancer stem cells therapeutic implications and challenges

More From BioPortfolio on "Understanding and targeting cancer stem cells: therapeutic implications and challenges" ... [Published BioPortfolio - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Stem Cell, Cancer, BioPortfolio Ltd

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Histone modifications in striatal neurons [Neuroscience]

Drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, induce changes in gene expression and epigenetic marks including alterations in histone posttranslational modifications in striatal neurons. These changes are thought to participate in physiological memory mechanisms and ... [Published PNAS - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Histone, Neuron, Neuroscience, Cocaine

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 reports

World Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress Live Blogs and Twitter

Home » Blogs » Related Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare NewsAre you at the World Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Congress 2013? If you are, we hope you are enjoying your time here. But even [...]Original Article: World Stem Cells & Regenerative ... [Published BioPortfolio - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell, Twitter, Biotechnology, Health Care

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Can We Support Stem Cell Research?

Stem Cells in GeneralMuch of the confusion over stem cell research involves misunderstanding of terms, so let’s begin with some definitions.Stem cells are immature cells that are undifferentiated (i.e., they have not yet “decided” what kind of cell to ... [Published Catholic Exchange - May 20 2013]

Entities: Stem Cell, Stem Cell Research, Embryonic Stem Cell, Embryo

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

Complex brain function depends on flexibility

Over the past few decades, neuroscientists have made much progress in mapping the brain by deciphering the functions of individual neurons that perform very specific tasks, such as recognizing the location or color of an object.However, there are many ... [Published Noodls - May 19 2013]

Entities: Neuron, Earl Miller, Neuroscience, John Duncan

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

Stem cell cloning remains highly controversial

Scientists, for the first time, have cloned embryonic stem cells using reprogrammed adult skin cells, without using human embryos. But even so, the procedure raises ethical issues.When the research group at Oregon Health and Science University announced ... [Published Deutsche Welle - May 19 2013]

Entities: Cloning, Stem Cell, Embryonic Stem Cell, Embryo, Ethical

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Complex brain function depends on flexibility [Published MIT News feed - May 19 2013] Over the past few decades, neuroscientists have made much progress in mapping the brain by deciphering the functions of individual neurons that perform very specific tasks, such as recognizing the location or color of an object. However, there are many ...
Patients: Play the role of a consumer who has c... [Published KevinMD.com - May 19 2013] I empathize with people who don’t take an active role in their health care decisions. There are real barriers to any of us really getting engaged: limited information about price and quality, a perpetuated culture of “doctor knows best,” and a daunting ...
The Week in Pictures: Google's utopia to a stem... [Published CNET News.com - May 17 2013] Google CEO Larry Page imagines a tech-driven utopia, robotic bees take flight, and a $325,000 stem cell hamburger is ready to be eaten. [Read more] ...
Shocks to the brain improve mathematical abilities [Published 3quarksdaily - May 17 2013] From Nature: The 'three Rs' of reading, writing and arithmetic could become four. Random electrical stimulation, a technique that applies a gentle current through the skull, leads to a long-lasting boost in the speed of mental calculations, a small ...
Explainer: what are stem cells? [Published GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe - May 17 2013] By Merlin Crossley In a paper published in Cell yesterday, scientists from the US and Thailand have, for the first time, successfully produced embryonic stem cells from human skin cells.That sounds interesting, but what are stem cells and where do ...

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Stem Cell breakthrough [Published CNN.com - Video - May 16 2013]
Stem Cells Made From Cloned Embryos, Now What? [Published Mefeedia Video Tag : geneti - May 16 2013]
Headlines: Stem cells recovered from cloned hum... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 16 2013]
US scientists clone human stem cells [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 16 2013]
Fluid Intake after Stem Cell or Bone Marrow Tra... [Published Mayo Clinic - YouTube - Apr 22 2013]

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Cytomedix to Present at the World Stem Cells & ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 17 2013]
Stem Cell Action Coalition Applauds Cloned Stem... [Published Business Wire - May 16 2013]
Stem Cell Action Coalition Applauds Cloned Stem... [Published EON Science - May 16 2013]
Stem Cell Action Coalition Applauds Cloned Stem... [Published Business Wire Science: Science News - May 16 2013]
Stem Cell Action Coalition Applauds Cloned Stem... [Published Business Wire Health News - May 16 2013]