Researchers based at the University of California, Los Angeles announced that they’ve found an abundant, cheap, easy-to-obtain source of stem cells that could prove to be ideal for regenerating all the basic tissue types of the human body. That source is…
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Alan Trounson: embryonic stem cells from cloned embryos could improve iPS cells
In his monthly blog report, President of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Alan Trounson has given a very balanced view on the recent breakthrough research which created embryonic stem cells from cloned human embryos. Read article…
If you could control something with your mind, what would you choose?
Researchers at an Australian university are developing a novel brain computer interface. The brain signals obtained can be used to control, for example, a robotic limb device, with greater degrees of freedom than are currently available from surface electrodes and…
Stem cell injections improve spinal injuries in rats
An international team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reports that a single injection of human neural stem cells produced neuronal regeneration and improvement of function and mobility in rats impaired by an…
Zebrafish may help motor neuron replacement
Edinburgh University has found a key hormone allows zebrafish to develop and replace their motor neurons, a nerve cell found in the spinal cord. Dr Catherina Becker, from Edinburgh University’s centre for neuroregeneration, said: “Our work sheds light on the…
Human brain cells grow in mice
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, have discovered that a key type of human brain cell developed in the laboratory grows seamlessly when transplanted into the brains of mice. The breakthrough raises hope that these cells might one day be…
A summary of current electrical stimulation research
An article from Scientific American “Rewiring a Damaged Spinal Cord” discusses research concerning electrical stimulation research including work by Prof Susan Harkema, director of the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center and Prof Grégoire Courtine from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.…
Simple and safe method of producing large numbers of stem cells
Stem cells and tissue-specific cells can be grown in abundance from mature mammalian cells simply by blocking a certain membrane protein, according to scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Their…
Restoring hand function via an artificial neural connection bridging spinal cord injury
Researchers from Japan and USA have created an artificial neural connection which bridged a spinal cord lesion in a paretic monkey. This allowed the monkey to voluntarily control of the paralysed hand. “This study was different from what other research…
InVivo receives 'Humanitarian Use Device' designation for its biopolymer scaffolding
InVivo has received HUD designation for the use of its biopolymer scaffolding for the treatment of recent complete spinal cord injury (no motor or sensory function) that does not involve penetrating injury or complete severing of the spinal cord. This…