Myocilin is a protein common to parts of the eye and
other neural tissues.
Not exact matches
«We'll continue to investigate mechanisms by which
neural tissue bridges to repair the spinal cord in zebrafish, taking advantage of the power of genome editing to examine
other factors,» said Poss.
Neural stem cells (bottom left) harbor a double - stranded RNA molecule (white spots, bottom right) not present in
other tissues (top) that helps them develop into neurons.
Intriguingly, they showed that over the two - year period, degeneration of
neural tissue in the basal forebrain predicted subsequent
tissue degeneration in the temporal lobe, but not the
other way around.
Natural
neural stem cells — cells that can develop into
other brain
tissues — are found deep in the brain, in the subventricular zone and hippocampus.
He said he used techniques to differentiate pluripotent stem cells into cells that are designed to become
neural tissue, components of the central nervous system or
other brain regions.
The authors note that the formation of each different organ bud type may require some fine tuning to optimize
tissue self - organization, and further addition of
neural cell types may be necessary, but this research may soon provide exciting model systems for the study of basic biology and pathology as well as providing appropriate replacement
tissues for the treatment of many patients with no
other viable options.
Early in embryonic development, the
neural crest — a transient group of stem cells — gives rise to parts of the nervous system and several
other tissues.
Neural stem cells are like stem cells in
other tissues and organs — they give birth, if needed, to new cells that replace dead or dying ones.
Embryologically, parts of the eye (e.g., the connective
tissue tunics) are derived from mesoderm [9], [10], and thus eye growth might be expected to closely follow that of
other somatic structures rather than visceral or
neural structures.
Mammalian species differ in how well - developed
neural, muscular, and
other tissues are at birth.
It can also speed up the healing process for wounds and damaged
tissues, regulate the proper functioning of the nervous system, and reduce the effects and presence of Alzheimer's disease and
other degenerative
neural diseases.