supported by the Faculty Research Fund(Faculty of Medicine&Health Science,Keele University)Career Development Award–(April 2022)(to SJB)。
Spinal muscular atrophy(SMA)is a genetic condition that results in selective lower motor neuron loss with concomitant muscle weakness and atrophy.The genetic cause of SMA was understood in 1995 when loss or impairment...
supported by an unrestricted grant to the University of Rochester’s Department of Ophthalmology from the Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation
Pluripotent stem cells in neural differentiation:characterization and potential:The establishment and use of pluripotent stem cells(PSCs),including embryonic(ESCs)and induced(iPSCs),constitutes a major scientific brea...
supported by the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung(2015_A118)
Adult somatic cells such as skin or blood cells from either health donors or patients can be reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem cells(iPSCs).Given their unlimited self-renewal and differentiation capacities,iP...
The production,transport and integration of myelin components into the membrane during development is a highly coordinated and regulated process that relies heavily on the endoplasmic reticulum(ER),a sub-cellular or...