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Miniaturized Models Provide a Bigger Picture of ALS Source: wildpixel/Getty Images April 23, 2021 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Based on U.S. population studies, a little over 5,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with ALS each year. There are several research studies investigating possible risk factors that may be associated with ALS, however, more work is needed to conclusivel...

Recreating the Earliest Stages of Life Scientists generate synthetic mouse embryos containing the three fundamental cell types normally found in pre-implantation embryos News provided by Share this article Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In their effort to understand the very earliest stages of life and how they can go wrong, scientists are confronted with ethical issues surrounding the use of human embryos. The use of animal embryos is also subject to restricti...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Scanning electron microscopy image of a human neuromuscular junction generated in microfluidic devices. Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived motor neuron axons fan out and embed themselves into the human muscle... view more  Credit: Dr. Pieter Baatsen, LiMoNe, Research Group Molecular Neurobiology and Katarina Stoklund Dittlau, Laboratory of Neurobiology at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research Skeletal muscles enable voluntary movements and are con...

New images of tangled, twisty blood vessels in the brains of elderly mice move us one step closer to unraveling the mysteries of the brain. Front-and-center are two major questions: What happens to the brain when it ages? And do male and female...

Credit: Monash University AUSTRALIAN - LED INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TEAM GENERATES THE FIRST MODEL OF EARLY HUMAN EMBRYOS FROM SKIN CELLS In a discovery that will revolutionize research into the causes of early miscarriage, infertility and the study of early human development - an international team of scientists led by Monash University in Melbourne, Australia has generated a model of a human embryo from skin cells. The team, led by Professor Jose Polo, has successfully reprogrammed these fibrob...

Monash University Australian-led international research team generates the first model of early human embryos from skin cells In a discovery that will revolutionise research into the causes of early miscarriage, infertility and the study of early human development – an international team of scientists led by Monash University in Melbourne, Australia has generated a model of a human embryo from skin cells. The team, led by Professor Jose Polo, has successfully reprogrammed these fibroblasts or...

Stem Cells and Bodybuilding For Muscle Building and Regeneration Stem Cells and Bodybuilding For Muscle Building and Regeneration Written by TEAM MD     Muscle regeneration is dependent on muscle progenitor cells (MPCs), which can be activated by certain nutrients and growth factors such as insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). IGF-1 can increase protein synthesis. The ability of nutrition and dietary intervention to stimulate IGF-...

email article The FDA accepted a new drug application and set a review date of October 31 for Marius Pharmaceuticals Kyzatrex, an oral testosterone undecanoate softgel, for primary and secondary male hypogonadism. The Endocrine Society released a new scientific statement calling for more research into the sex differences between males and females. ( Endocrine Reviews) The American Medical Association has recognized a CPT code (category III) for laser ablation of benign thyroid nodules und...

Compounds and Strategies to Get Brain Cells You can eat your way towards dementia—or a strong and healthy brain Our brain is subject to aging, just like the rest of our body. It is also subject to disease, which is unique in the sense that it can change the very essence of who we think we are. Alzheimer’s can turn a loved one into a stranger. It can claim memories, personality, and relationships, leaving family members of the afflicted with a haunting echo of someone that once knew them. Fo...

Scientists Find Link Between Bipolar Disorder and Neuroinflammation Alerts A doctor looking at a picture of a human brain taken by a positron emission tomography scanner, also called PET scan, on Jan. 9, 2019, at the Regional and University Hospital Center of Brest in France. Photo: Fred Tanneau (Getty Images) Scientists may be closer to understanding how the brain can function differently in people who have bipolar disorder. In a new study, researchers say they’ve found evidence that certai...