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The retina is a sensory and thin membrane that covers the back of the eye and enables the conversion of light (through photoreceptor cells) into neural signals for the brain to process (through the optic nerve).
AUG 01, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are a promising source of personalized therapy. These cells can provide immune-compatible autologous replacement tissue for the treatment of potentially a...
MAR 15, 2018 | 9:00 AM
The inability of neurons to regenerate damaged axons within the CNS has dire consequences for victims of traumatic or ischemic brain injury and multiple neurodegenerative diseases. Like other...
JUN 29, 2017 | 7:00 AM
DATE: June 29, 2017TIME: 7:00am PDT, 10:00am EDT, 4:00pm CESTThe first human cell line HeLa established in 1951 has entered cell culture labs worldwide. It took 20 years until the...
MAR 16, 2017 | 1:30 PM
Studying the genetics of rare congenital disorders disrupting cognitive function has led to the identification of multiple disease genes that helped us better understand the mechanisms underl...
NOV 17, 2016 | 7:00 AM
Inherited retinal degenerative disorders such as retinitis pigmentosa are characterized by death of the light sensing photoreceptive neurons of the outer retina. Like the rest of the CNS, the...
OCT 18, 2016 | 1:00 PM
Induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patient cells have emerged as complementary tools to study human neurological disorders. Neurxstem Inc has generated human iPSC-derived synth...
AUG 30, 2016 | 8:00 AM
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are valuable cells for retinal disease modeling, as these cells are of patient origin and can be differentiated into cell types of interest. This ...
MAY 13, 2015 | 12:00 PM
The Allen Institute for Brain Science provides several brain atlases that are freely available to the public at www.brain-map.org. A common use for these atlases is to study expression patter...
APR 07, 2015 | 8:30 AM
Date: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015Time: 8:30AM PST, 11:30AM EST, 5:30PM CETThe development of new medicines for Diabetes Type 2 complications has proven to be challenging due to the use of cell...
AUG 21, 2014 | 8:45 AM
Gene therapy for two forms of inherited retinal degeneration have met promising safety and efficacy endpoints in early stage clinical trials. These approaches made use of a replication defect...
