Researchers discover gene mutations linked to spinocerebellar ataxia

A global hunt for the cause of a crippling inherited nerve disorder has found its target. The discovery opens the door for better diagnosis and treatment of this particular disease – but also for better understanding of why nerves in the brain’s movement-controlling center die, and how new DNA-mapping techniques can find the causes of […]

New study of stem cell therapy in ischemic stroke

New study from our Stem Cell Research Group at Bei­jing Neu­ro­sur­gi­cal Insti­tute pro­vides deeper under­stand­ing of ther­a­peu­tic mech­a­nisms of stem cell ther­apy for stroke in a rat model. This study is published in the August issue of the Jour­nal of Trans­la­tional Med­i­cine.

World Stem Cell Summit, Detroit, 2010

The annual World Stem Cell Sum­mit was held in Detroit, USA in Octo­ber 2010. The most com­pre­hen­sive stem cell con­fer­ence of the world aimed to pro­mote stem cell research and its clin­i­cal appli­ca­tion to develop ther­a­pies for debil­i­tat­ing con­di­tions like Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries.