Brain samples from neurosurgery patients reveal uniqueness and complexity of the human brain The Allen Institute for Brain Science has added the first data from human nerve cells to the Allen Cell Types Database: a publicly available tool for researchers to explore and understand the building blocks of the human brain. This first release includes...
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Do You Know the 5 Types of Dental Stem Cells?
Dental pulp is the soft living tissue inside a tooth that contains mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). The ideal time to harvest dental stem cells is when children lose their deciduous (baby) teeth, either through natural loss or extraction. While MSCs from dental pulp stem cells are only being used only in laboratory settings now, there...
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Doctors need cultural training
Cultural competency should be implemented in the medical education curriculum, according to a study from the University of Bergen. A study conducted at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS), University of Bergen (UiB), concluded that Norwegian family doctors show little cultural competency when dealing with patients from an immigrant background....
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Does stem cell therapy offer the best hope for neurodegenerative diseases?
Rejuvenation Research is the premier peer-reviewed journal providing cutting-edge research on rejuvenation therapies in the laboratory and clinic. As the brain has limited capability for self-repair or regeneration, stem cells may represent the best therapeutic approach for counteracting damage to or degeneration of brain tissue caused by injury, aging, or disease. Although preclinical testing of...
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New Clinical Care Guidelines Issued for Patients with Mitochondrial Disease
CHOP Clinician Co-Leads Consensus Statement for Managing Complex Group of Genetic Disorders PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Physicians who see patients with mitochondrial disease now have a practical new tool—a set of guidelines for managing and caring for those patients. Occurring in at least one in 4,500 individuals, mitochondrial disease is caused by defects in genes affecting the function...
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Researcher uses wearable devices to look for clues to early Dementia and Alzheimer's
In 2014, more than 93,000 people in the United States died from Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The complex nature of Alzheimer’s makes it difficult to understand and predict, until it’s too late. Boston University professor and neuropsychologist Rhoda Au is trying to change that. Through the use...