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New Technique Converts Skin Cells into Motor Neurons
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 into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then ...
Study uncovers developmentally distinct neural architectures controlling avoidant behaviors
Over the course of their lives, humans and other animals typically learn to avoid situations and stimuli that are dangerous ...
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MIT engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy
MIT researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord ...
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Scientists Turn Skin Cells Directly Into Neurons Bypassing Stem Cells
One of the most amazing things to happen in biology in the last couple of years is cellular reprogramming. We learned how to ...
New research uses AI to unravel the complex neuronal wiring of the motor system
The nervous system is a marvel of biological engineering, composed of intricate networks that control every aspect of an ...
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Rare Genetic Motor Neuron Disease Treated In Womb For The First Time
SMA is a progressive condition that affects motor neurons, the specialized cells that control voluntary muscle movement. It has five subtypes, of which type 1 is considered to be the most severe ...
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15 Best Motor Oil Brands In 2025, Ranked
The former accounts for the fun stuff, like PlayStations, jet skis, and Stratocaster guitars, while the latter could include wall grout, fungal foot powder, and motor oil. Motor oil is one of ...
Live Science21d
Deadly motor-neuron disease treated in the womb in world 1st
The condition is usually caused by mutations in a gene called SMN1, which contains instructions for how to make a protein called survival motor neuron (SMN) protein.This protein is critical for ...
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Human iPSC-Derived Motor Neuron Innervation Enhances the Differentiation of Muscle Bundles Engineered with Benchtop Fabrication Techniques
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States Alfred E. Mann Department of ...
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Synapse Executive Alerted Accountants Before $100 Million Missing Funds Scandal
Synapse connected financial technology firms with banks, helping startups that marketed flashy savings apps find a place to park their digital customers’ funds. The middleman managed billions of ...
Nature22d
Rare genetic disorder treated in womb for the first time
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb. The child’s mother took ...
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Parkinson’s disease-associated Pink1 loss disrupts vesicle trafficking in Ensheathing glia causing dopaminergic neuron synapse loss
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by motor symptoms such as bradykinesia, rigidity and tremor that are caused by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (Lang & ...