… Tsai has pioneered the use of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models to understand how APOE4 adversely … “isogenic” lines of neuron, astrocyte and microglia brain cells, showed that ApoE4 changes lipid metabolism in … and the blood-brain barrier, her lab found that pericyte cells carrying ApoE4 increased ApoE protein expression, …
… she made the breakthrough discovery that radial glial cells are neural stemcells. This inspired her to attempt turning also adult … injury when she was appointed Director of the Institute of Stem Cell Research at the Helmholtz Center Munich in 2004 and …
… the brain suppress beta amyloid production and invigorate cells responsible for destroying the plaques. Further … amyloid plaques that are suspected to be harmful to brain cells and to interfere with normal brain function. Previous … Foundation, a Barbara J. Weedon Fellowship, the New York Stem Cell Foundation Robertson Award, the National Institutes …
… a lab at Columbia University. There he learned how neural stemcells become neurons and how the cellular environment helps … In one he plans to turn human induced pluripotent stemcells (IPSCs) into microglia, an immune cell of the …
… a solution that is much more literal. To make imaging cells and molecules in brain and other large tissues easier … provides scientists a very fast way to fluorescently label cells, proteins, genetic material and other molecules within … student. When that formulation infused the tissues, cells and molecules would become directly attached to a …
… to culture cerebral organoids, or “minibrains,” using stemcells derived from people has given scientists experimentally … recognize and track architectural patterns formed by the cells as the organoids develop or are affected in models of …
… flickering at the frequency of a key brain rhythm could stem the disorder’s pathology, MIT neuroscientist Li-Huei … or sound can cause profound changes in multiple types of cells in the brain.” Gamma and Alzheimer’s disease In 2016, … stimulation causes changes in neurons, brain immune cells called microglia, and the brain’s vasculature. These …