Tag: Pluripotent stem cell

Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on August 1, 2021

Down syndrome (DS, trisomy 21) is characterized by intellectual impairment at birth and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology in middle age. As individuals with DS age, their cognitive functions decline as they develop AD pathology.

Induced neural stem cells: Not quite ready for prime time

Posted on February 15, 2010

Intriguingly, the new study suggests the presence or absence of the genes used to reprogram skin cells to become the blank slate pluripotent cells makes no difference in terms of their capacity to differentiate.