Human neurons transplanted into rat brains give insight into brain development
Human neurons have survived transplantation and integrated into the brains of young rats, building a new model to study human brain development...
A cell with similar properties to an embryonic stem cell, but created in the laboratory by 'reprogramming' cells from adult tissues, such as skin cells.
Human neurons have survived transplantation and integrated into the brains of young rats, building a new model to study human brain development...
by Zoe Beketova
Human and mouse brain cells grown in the lab have learned to play the tennis-like videogame, Pong...
Conditions that are favourable to growing good quality brain organoids have been demonstrated by University of California scientists...
A type of embryonic cell has been generated from human stem cells for the first time, providing a method to study post-implantation development...
A form of CRISPR which allows genes to be turned on and off has been used to investigate the role of genetic variants that affect the microglia cells, in the development of Alzheimer's disease...
Dopamine-producing cells created from induced pluripotent stem cells and transplanted into rats with Parkinson's disease, successfully alleviated symptoms, a new study has shown...
by Tom Turner
For the first time, a biomarker for symptoms of psychiatric illness has been discovered using neurons derived from schizophrenia patients' own cells...
The fourth session of the Progress Educational Trust's 2021 annual conference explored the dilemmas regulators face when trying to create legislation to safeguard fertility treatment and embryo research...
For the first time, scientists have engineered a miniature stomach, which displays cellular and functional complexity similar to its human counterpart...
Miniature brain-like structures grown in the laboratory are being used to uncover mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and to screen for effective treatments...
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