Northeastern University scientists have discovered that a protein in the human brain could potentially be used to grow new ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of neural stem cell (pNSC) that exists outside the brain and spinal cord ...

Our lab’s research is focused on the development of neural stem and progenitor cells in the human brain. Our long term goal is the development of novel drug and cell therapy for the treatment of ...

Coontz is part of a small group of stroke patients who have undergone the experimental stem cell treatment pioneered ... or otherwise permanently changed neural circuitry in the post-stroke ...

The ability to harness peripheral neural stem cells could have far-reaching implications for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and nerve cell repair strategies. If such cells exist in humans ...

Have you heard of deep brain stimulation (DBS)? For certain neurological movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease, DBS is ...

Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition driven by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons, which causes tremors, ...

The Keio University team now plans to expand their research, focusing on increasing the number of neural stem cells transplanted and testing the treatment on patients in the chronic phase of ...

It develops ISC-hpNSC, a neural stem cell program that has completed the Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, as well as for treating stroke, traumatic brain injury ...