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QRL-101 reduces motor neuron excitability in healthy volunteers
QRL-101 is designed to open Kv7.2/7.3 ion channels, which work as gates for potassium in nerve cells and help control their ...
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Scientists Turn Skin Cells Directly Into Neurons Bypassing Stem Cells
One of the most amazing things to happen in biology in the last couple of years is cellular reprogramming. We learned how to ...
Tech Explorist4d
Turning skin cells into neurons for cell therapy
About 20 years ago, scientists discovered that skin cells could be converted into pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can ...
AZoLifeSciences on MSN6d
New Technique Converts Skin Cells into Motor Neurons
Converting one type of cell to another - for example, a skin cell to a neuron - can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then ...
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Researchers Bypass Stem Cells and Convert Skin Cells Directly Into Neurons
“So, we’re using direct conversion, where instead of going through an iPSC intermediate, we’re going directly from a somatic cell to a motor neuron ... but with a lower efficiency rate — between 10 ...
Phys.org8d
Engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy
"So, we're using direct conversion, where instead of going through an iPSC intermediate, we're going directly from a somatic cell to a motor neuron ... but with a lower efficiency rate—between ...
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MIT researchers devise process to convert skin cell directly into neurons
Washington DC: Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the ... could generate large quantities of motor neurons, which could potentially be used ...
New Atlas6d
Directly converting skin cells to brain cells yields 1,000% success
“So, we’re using direct conversion, where instead of going through an iPSC intermediate, we’re going directly from a somatic cell to a motor neuron.” The original process involved a set of ...
New study finds fish and nuts can 'slash dementia and MND risk'
The fats - which are found in oily fish, nuts and seeds - were found to play a role in the diseases and may also boost survival, according to new research ...
Medical Xpress24d
'Healthy fats' could protect against motor neuron disease and frontotemporal dementia
Cells were also collected from people ... people with a high intake of omega-3 fatty acids have a lower risk of developing motor neuron disease. Our study adds a deeper understanding of the ...
Daily Record23d
New study finds fish and nuts could lower dementia and motor neurone disease risks
This experiment was then replicated using cells from individuals with ... high intake of omega-3 fatty acids have a lower risk of developing motor neuron disease. Our study adds a deeper ...
London Evening Standard24d
Omega-3s ‘could be vital in motor neurone disease and dementia protection’
They repeated the experiment in cells taken from people with ... a high intake of omega-3 fatty acids have a lower risk of developing motor neuron disease. “Our study adds a deeper understanding ...