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01Oct
World’s first eye transplant was a giant leap forward—but vision remains elusive
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Perioperative Planning and Intraoperative Details of the Combined Whole Eye and Face Transplant Procedure. Credit: JAMA (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.12601 Three years ago, Aaron James, a utility lineman, lost half of […]
26Sep
How developmental signals can contribute to genomic mosaicism
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Chromosome segregation error in a dividing neural stem cell (magenta) during neurogenesis in a mouse developing brain. Credit: Janina Hattemer and Sergio Acebrón Certain developmental signals shape not only the […]
19Sep
New brain organoid model replicates human cortical domains
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by Manel Llado , IMBA – Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften GmbH Symmetry breaking and pattern formation in elongated cortical assembloids. Credit: Nature Methods (2024). DOI: […]
31Aug
Study shows how common genetic variants in Black Americans increase Alzheimer’s risk
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Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Genomics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100642 Columbia University researchers have discovered how variants of the ABCA7 gene, which are common among Black Americans, increase the risk for Alzheimer’s […]
28Aug
Discovery gives answers to parents of children with rare neurological gene mutation
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MRI images of people with epileptic encephalopathy. Credit: The Neuro Shortly after Kelly Cervantes’s daughter Adelaide was born, she started having terrible seizures. Doctors were unable to give her a […]
23Aug
A new culprit in Huntington’s: Brain organoid model implicates gene in disease progression
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Huntington’s Disease organoids (right) exhibit almost no neural progenitors (red) and also show defects in cellular polarity (yelllow). These defects have been described in the literature in human fetuses with […]