Brain creates 'new' nerve cells
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Researchers have discovered for the first time that the human brain can grow new nerve cells.
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Scientists have discovered that a key cancer gene also plays a role in repairing damaged nerve cells.
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Researchers working with slices of rat brains come up with a microchip that mimics the part of the brain responsible for creating memories. They hope to create a prosthesis for the human brain within 15 years. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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Manchester scientists pinpoint a part of the brain they think plays a major role in understanding concepts.
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Microscopic imaging techniques have enabled scientists to delve deep into the brain of a living animal to see how visual circuitry works.
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The latest findings may expand the ways of generating customized stem cells for new treatments
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New procedure lets adult mouse cells mimic stem cells, bringing hope to anticloning activists.
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Researchers have taken ordinary skin cells from a mouse and reprogrammed them to look and act like embryonic stem cells in a long-promised experiment that provides an alternative way to get the valued and controversial cells.
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A new federally funded project should help scientists learn how some animals regenerate body parts so well. They hope to apply the lessons to humans. By the Associated Press.
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A synthetic molecule based on one found in frog egg cells could potentially be used to treat brain tumours.
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Human stem cells taken from both embryos and fetuses delayed a fatal brain and nerve disease in mice, moving throughout the brain to take on the jobs of damaged neurons, scientists reported on Sunday.
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Monkey stem cells can repair the brain damage caused by Parkinson's disease, researchers have shown.
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Research into using stem cells to repair damaged nerves just got a big boost, with scientists pinpointing a protein key to controlling binocular vision -- visual depth perception -- in mammals.
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Scientists have found a switch in the brain that appears to control anxiety and wakefulness.
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US scientists have mapped a key network of gene &quot;switches&quot; in the brain which could aid neurological research. These gene regulators govern whether parts of the brain develop properly.
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Reports show cells can help correcting faulty heart rhythms and fighting vision-destroying diseases.