Stem Cells

Lab-grown brain-spinal cord model shows ‘irreversible’ nerve damage may be reversed

Cambridge scientists have grown miniature circuits in the lab that mimic how the brain and spinal cord connect up, which underlies our movements. They used this model to show how damage to these connections previously considered ‘irreversible’ could, in fact, be reversible As we develop and grow from embryo to fetus to infant, our nerve…

brain organoids, nerve repair, neurodegenerative diseases, Regenerative Medicine, spinal cord injury, Stem Cells

MIT engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy

A new, highly efficient process for performing this conversion could make it easier to develop therapies for spinal cord injuries or diseases like ALS Converting one type of cell to another — for example, a skin cell to a neuron — can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced…