Katie Moisse
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Modeling ALS using patient-derived iPS cells
The UK-based Motor Neurone Disease Association has recently funded a £800,000 ($1.2 million) program to study motor neurons derived from the skin cells of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with rare, disease-causing mutations in the gene TARBP. Although the mutations are thought to cause only a tiny fraction of cases, abnormalities in the gene’s protein […]
Neuron replacement is the future–but astrocyte replacement can be done now
“Neuron replacement is the future–but astrocyte replacement can be done now” Those were the words of stem cell biologist Clive Svendsen during his plenary lecture at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting in Toronto April 15. Svendsen won this year’s Sheila Essey award, which honours scientists whose research has significantly contributed to understanding, preventing […]
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