Sentences with phrase «stem cell memory»

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Not exact matches

Neural stem cells with the ability to form new neurons in the brain are normally present in the hippocampus (the part of the brain connected to learning and memory) and in the subventricular zone of the brain.

Healthy people in their 70s have just as many young nerve cells, or neurons, in a memory - related part of the brain as do teenagers and young adults, researchers report in the April 5 Cell Stem Cell.

In the hippocampus, a brain region vital for laying down new memories, «stem cells continue to add new circuit elements,» says Stanford University neuroscientist Theo D. Palmer, who helped Monje find out why brain fogginess can persist for years after cancer treatment has ended.

When the researchers tracked the stem cells in the mice's brains, they saw that only about 5 percent of them actually developed into neurons, suggesting the cells did not rescue memory by replacing dead neurons, LaFerla says.

«We began with stem cells taken from cord - blood, which have fewer acquired mutations and little, if any, epigenetic memory, which cells accumulate as time goes on,» says Zambidis, associate professor of oncology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering and the Kimmel Cancer Center.

Neuroscientists Jing Wang and Freda Miller, both then at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, showed that when nondiabetic mice are given metformin, their memory improves, thanks to an increase in the neural stem cell population and in the number of these cells that develop into healthy neurons in the hippocampus, the brain's memory center.

After concluding that increased stem cell production in a certain area of the brain had a positive effect on behavioral deficits of Alzheimer's, Prof. Offen has moved to research into the area of the brain that controls memory.

His group showed that a small number of stem - cell like CD8 T cells - called «memory» cells - were enough to produce and repeatedly replenish all of the T - effector cells needed to fight the disease.

In mice and humans alike, the cerebral cortex — the outermost layer of brain tissue associated with high - level functions such as memory and decision - making — starts out as a spherical sheet of tissue made up of only neural stem cells.

Mice with human astrocytes performed better on memory experiments than those that had received mouse cell grafts, the team reports today in Cell Stem Ccell grafts, the team reports today in Cell Stem CCell Stem CellCell.

Buried deep underneath the folds of the cerebral cortex, neural stem cells in the hippocampus continue to generate new neurons, inciting a struggle between new and old as the new attempts to gain a foothold in memory - forming center of the brain.

«This is very promising because stem cells play an important role in learning, memory and regeneration.»

But one glimpse came in 2013, when scientists transplanted human neural stem cells into the brains of mice which had damage in regions responsible for learning and memory.

The scientists implanted neural stem cells into the hippocampus, which is a brain region involved in making new memories and connecting them to emotions.

While the exact contribution adult - born neurons make to overall learning and memory remains mysterious, Song notes that these results are promising for any future nerve stem cell therapy.

Warren D. Shlomchik, M.D. Yale University Memory T cells for improved immune reconstitution and GVL in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

FLATOW: There's another study out this week showing epigenetic differences between induced stem cells and embryonic stem cells, that induced stem cells had a memory, basically.

Germany, still wrestling with dark memories of Nazi - era eugenics and human experimentation, is cautious about genetics and stem cell research.

Citation: Marchetto MCN, Yeo GW, Kainohana O, Marsala M, Gage FH, Muotri AR (2009) Transcriptional Signature and Memory Retention of Human - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.

New UC Irvine research is among the first to demonstrate that neural stem cells may help to restore memory after brain damage.

«Stem Cells Can Improve Memory After Brain Injury.»

In the study, mice with brain injuries experienced enhanced memory — similar to the level found in healthy mice — up to three months after receiving a stem cell treatment.

They found that only about 4 percent of them turned into neurons, indicating the stem cells were not improving memory simply by replacing the dead brain cells.

Clearing out the entire immune system, all of its memory and quirks, and restarting it fresh with a new supply of stem cells is a good approach to many of the issues in the aged immune system.

The scientists then set out to learn whether neural stem cells from a mouse could improve memory in mice with brain injuries.

Scientists then could spend less time coaxing stem cells to turn into other types of cells, at least as it relates to memory research.

Marie - Dominique Filippi, PhD, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH Mitochondrial Morphology Controls Hematopoietic Stem Cell Self - Renewal and Confers Them Divisional Memory

Electronic memory boosters stem from research on the brain's ability to change and adapt over time by generating new brain cells and forming new neural pathways.

Researchers are now taking advantage of the memories of stem cells produced from adult cells to provide new possibilities for individuals having type 1 diabetes, which impacts 3 million individuals in the US.

Develops new nerve cells from the stem cells (blank cells) in the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain related to memory and learning.

«Statins make regular users become older faster, leaving them open to long - term mental and physical decline, according to disturbing new research... Scientists have found the heart disease drug badly affects our stem cells, the internal medical system which repairs damage to our bodies and protects us from muscle and joint pain as well as memory loss.»