Frog-cell 'neurobots' grow self-organized nervous systems and alter gene activity

Biobots, whose growing line of variants started with xenobots, are fascinating tiny self-powered living robots built ...
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New method traces development of nervous system and inner ear cells

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have ...
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Therapeutic Development for Nervous System Disorders in the Absence of Animal Models: A Workshop

The Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted a public workshop on September 12–13, 2016 to more deeply explore ways to motivate and accelerate drug development for nervous system ...
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Multimodal Biomarkers for Central Nervous System Disorders: Development, Integration, and Clinical Utility - A Workshop

A key step towards reducing the burden of central nervous system (CNS) disorders is the identification of disease-specific biomarkers that can help predict, monitor, and guide treatment development.
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Hesperos and UCF Researchers Develop Human iPSC-Derived Myelination Model, Enabling Investigation and Treatment Development for Peripheral Nervous System Diseases

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hesperos, a leader in recreating human biology with its’ Human-on-a-Chip ® platform, has announced a breakthrough development of a human induced pluripotent stem cell ...
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Octopus arms reveal an entirely new way of designing a nervous system

Octopuses are not much like humans — they are invertebrates with eight arms, and more closely related to clams and snails. Still, they have evolved complex nervous systems and are capable of a wide ...