Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to directly convert skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need for stem ...

These supraspinal structures send information to the spinal cord, which acts as the final relay in translating motor commands into precise muscle actions. Despite years of research, much remains ...

A new technique developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology helps convert skin cells into neurons without needing ...

Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries or diseases such as ... we're going directly from a somatic cell to a motor neuron." Galloway's research group and others have demonstrated ...

About 20 years ago, scientists discovered that skin cells could be converted into pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can ...

Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced ...

Studying spinal cord injuries requires a material that can transmit clear signals yet remain flexible for when patients move ...

Spinal cord surgery to restore motor trajectories ... response from their motor neurons (the F-response). The motor neuron response from peripheral nerve stimulation on the unaffected side ...

“To counteract neurodegeneration, we need two things—stop neuron death and ... the brain and the spinal cord to the muscles. “SMA is an inherited spinal motor circuit disorder caused by ...

MIT researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord ...

Washington DC: Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron ... of motor neurons, which could potentially be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron ... quantities of motor neurons, which could potentially be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries or ...