The great migration of bone marrow-derived stem cells toward the ischemic brain: Therapeutic implications for stroke and other neurological disorders

Accumulating laboratory studies have implicated the mobilization of bone marrow (BM)-derived stem cells in brain plasticity and stroke therapy. This mobilization of bone cells to the brain is an essential…

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Generation of Isogenic Pluripotent Stem Cells Differing Exclusively at Two Early Onset Parkinson Point Mutations

Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from somatic cells provide a unique tool for the study of human disease, as well as a promising source for cell replacement therapies.…

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Mesenchymal stem cells rescue the Alzheimer’s disease cell model from cell death induced by misfolded truncated tau

We have developed a stably transfected human cell model for Alzheimer's disease with doxycycline-inducible expression of human misfolded truncated tau protein (AT tau). We have showed that AT tau reduced…

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