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A Better Way to Culture Central Nervous Cells

A protein associated with neuron damage in Alzheimer's patients provides a superior scaffold for growing central nervous system cells in the lab.
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First Stroke Patients in Florida Treated in UM Stem Cell Trial

The first two stroke patients have been enrolled in a phase 2 clinical trial of a revolutionary new treatment for ischemic stroke.
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New Gene Sequencer Boosts Research at UC

New equipment at UC Santa Barbara is helping the university to do what it does best -- collaborate across disciplines.
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Three-Photon Microscopy Improves Biological Imaging

Scientists may be a step closer to cracking one of the world's most compelling mysteries: the impossible complexity of the brain and its billions of neurons.
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Smartphone thumb skills are altering our brains

Every region of the body- from the toes to the jaw and tongue- has a particular processing area in our emotional center in the brain, the somatosensory cortex. These areas are flexible and can change.
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First successful vaccination against 'mad cow'-like wasting disease in deer

'Gut vaccine' strategy may work for similar brain infections in humans Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and elsewhere say that a vaccination they have developed to fight a brain-based, wasting syndrome among deer and other animals may hold promise on two additional fronts: Protecting [US] livestock from contracting the disease, and preventing similar brain infections in humans.
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New Research Shows use of Human iPSC-Derived Neurons to Model Alzheimer's Disease

Neurons also demonstrate potential use in high throughput screening at GlaxoSmithKline.
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Illumina Names Dr. Robert S. Epstein to its Board of Directors

Dr. Epstein has worked in public health and academia before joining the private sector.
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EMBO, EMBC and the National Science Council of Taiwan Sign Cooperation Agreement

New ways of global scientific interaction have been created following a cooperation agreement between EMBO, the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC), and the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC).
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New Hope for Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders

Researchers at McGill University and the University of Montreal uncover a crucial link between protein synthesis and autism spectrum disorders.
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