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Professor Sheng Ding

Scientists Convert Skin Cells To Beating Heart Cells

Scripps Research Institute scientists have converted adult skin cells directly into beating heart cells efficiently without having to first go through the laborious process of generating embryonic-like stem cells. The powerful general technology platform could lead to new treatments for a range of diseases and injuries involving cell loss or damage, such as heart disease, […]

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Professor Thomas Kodadek

New Groundbreaking Technology To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute, have developed a novel technology that is able to detect the presence of immune molecules specific to Alzheimer’s disease in patients’ blood samples. While still preliminary, the findings offer clear proof that this breakthrough technology could be used in the development of biomarkers for a […]

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Depression

Stress Causes Exhausted Neurons To Die Prematurely And Trigger Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

We all know that living a stressful lifestyle can take its toll, making us age faster and making us more susceptible to the cold going around the office. The same appears to be true of neurons in the brain. According to a new Northwestern Medicine study published Nov. 10 in the journal Nature, dopamine-releasing neurons […]

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stem cells grown in a synthetic dish

MIT Researchers Develop A Better Way To Grow Stem Cells

Human pluripotent stem cells, which can become any other kind of body cell, hold great potential to treat a wide range of ailments, including Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. However, scientists who work with such cells have had trouble growing large enough quantities to perform experiments – in particular, to be used […]

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Deep Brain Stimulation

Deep Brain Stimulation At Two Different Targets Produces Similar Motor Improvements in Parkinson’s Disease

In a major study, investigators have compared how individuals with Parkinson’s disease respond to deep brain stimulation (DBS) at two different sites in the brain. Contrary to current belief, patients who received DBS at either site in the brain experienced comparable benefits for the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s. The results appear in the June 3, […]

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Stem Cells

Stem Cells From Uterine Lining May Repair Brain Cells Damaged By Parkinson’s Disease

Stem cells derived from the uterine lining, or endometrium, and transplanted into the brains of laboratory mice with Parkinson’s disease appear to restore functioning of brain cells damaged by the disease, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. The findings are published in the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. (read […]

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Parkinson’s Disease Makes It Harder To Figure Out How Other People Feel

Scientists are beginning to find out why people with Parkinson’s disease often feel socially awkward. Parkinson’s patients find it harder to recognize expressions of emotion in other people’s faces and voices, report two studies published by the American Psychological Association. A neurodegenerative disorder, Parkinson’s causes tremors, stiffness and balance problems, as well as fairly frequent […]

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Halorhodopsin-expressing neurons are selectively silenced by red light, but not by blue light. The opposite is true for neurons expressing the gene Mac. (Credits - Image courtesy of Brian Chow, Xue Han and Ed Boyden/MIT)

Neuroengineers Silence Brain Cells With Multiple Colors Of Light

Neuroscientists at MIT have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to specific neurons, these tools could potentially lead to new treatments for the abnormal brain activity associated with disorders such as chronic pain, epilepsy, brain injury, and Parkinson’s disease. The tools […]

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