An interview with Ohio State University’s Professor Phillip Popovich who discusses his success in silencing hyperactive spinal cord circuitry. This may lead to treatments that prevent autonomic dyslexia and infectious complications in people living with spinal cord injury. Read more… | Findings published…
Month: April 2016
Using neural stem cells cultured in nanofiber scaffolds to repair spinal cord injury
A Chinese research team has shown that a transplant of primate neural stem cells, which were isolated and cultured in self-assembling peptide nanofiber scaffolds, can help restore motor function in spinal cord injured rats. Published 22 March 2016 in the journal Nature…
Spinal cord regeneration might actually be helped by glial scar
Neuroscientists have long believed that scar tissue formed by glial cells — the cells that surround neurons in the central nervous system — impedes damaged nerve cells from regrowing after a spinal cord injury. However UCLA scientists have now found that…
New method for strengthening hydrogels could direct stem cell growth
Assistant Professor Akhilesh Gaharwar at Texas A&M University has developed a way of increasing the stiffness and toughness of collagen-based hydrogels. These biodegradable gels can be used to house stem cells and the stiffness could help researchers direct the growth of these cells into bone,…
Embryo cells decide their future only two days after conception
Cells in an embryo begin deciding their future only two days after conception, when the embryo is made up of just four seemingly identical cells. By the time the embryo implants in the uterus lining, it has become a blastocyst,…