Today, we had our first Neuroscience Journal Club of the semester. Though no science was discussed, we did begin brainstorming for Brain Awareness Week 2010; it’s an international program promoting neuroscience and the field’s pursuit to eradicate neurodegenerative diseases and substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. Through this brainstorming, we’ve decided to have a movie night [...]
Neury Thursday: Medicinal Use of Neural Stem Cells
A few months ago, the science community received fabulous news; The Obama Administration has approved use several stem cell lines and hundreds of others are in the pipeline. In this week’s Journal of Neuroscience, Canadian scientists are utilizing neural stem/progenitor cells to regenerate damaged nerve tissue following a severe spinal cord injury. Typically, chondroitin sulfate [...]
