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Tag: Neural Stem Cells

Darcie L. Moore, PhD – Slide of the Week

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Neural stem cells (NSCs) must exit quiescence to produce neurons; however, our understanding of this process remains constrained by the technical limitations of current technologies.

Darcie L. Moore, PhD – Slide of the Week

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Musashi1, a neural RNA binding protein, is important in translationally repressing target transcripts during quiescence in adult hippocampal neural stem cells

Waisman researchers grow critical nerve cells

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After years of trial and error, scientists have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that relay messages from the brain to the rest of the body.