Brain Tissue Could Be Regenerated After Stroke By Inserting Micr...

Courtesy ScienceDaily Thu, 04/10/2008 - 13:00

Inserting tiny scaffolding into the brain could dramatically reduce damage caused by strokes, according to new research.

Scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry have found that combining scaffold microparticles with neural stem cells could regenerate lost brain tissue.

More related items

What Controls Critical 'Go-to' Enzyme: Findings May...
Scientists have gained new insights into regulation of one of the body's enzyme workhorses called calpains. As the cell's molecular overachievers, calpains function in many cellular...

Newborn Neurons In Adult Brain Can Settle In The...
In a study that could have significant consequences for neural tissue transplantation strategies, researchers report that inactivating a specific gene in adult neural stem cells makes nerve...

Exercise increases brain growth factor and receptors,...
(American Physiological Society) A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the hippocampus of the mouse brain, and...

Soapmaker's Companion: A Comprehensive Guide with...
Basic soapmaking instruction and specialty techniques like marbling, layering, and making transparent and liquid soaps.

The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to...
What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did-and in doing so put at risk everything we...