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Regenerative light at the end of the tunnel (sentient)
Posted: 3:17:21 pm on 1/27/2010 Modified: Never

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60Q51D20100127?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a49:g43:r1:c0.428571:b30085312:z0

I can't believe they generated a neuron in my backyard (Stanford). Wow!

I know this is with mice and could take a while to apply to humans, yada, yada, but this advancement has great implications in treating neurological conditions.

Re: Regenerative light at the end of the tunnel (Atilla)
Posted: 10:46:20 pm on 1/27/2010 Modified: Never

HUGE

Maybe not the end, but a very bright light.
THANKS!

realistically optimistic
ATILLA

Mrs. ATILLA still loves me

Re: Regenerative light at the end of the tunnel (oldtimer)
Posted: 2:40:05 pm on 1/31/2010 Modified: Never

This is great movement forward, but how many years does it take to go from testing on mice to applying to humans.

Re: Regenerative light at the end of the tunnel (Atilla)
Posted: 3:17:20 pm on 1/31/2010 Modified: Never

Mice are a lot closer to humans than test tubes are to mice.

realistically optimistic
ATILLA

Mrs. ATILLA still loves me

Re: Regenerative light at the end of the tunnel (SunnyKay)
Posted: 7:45:53 pm on 1/31/2010 Modified: Never

AWESOME!!!

SunnyKay

Everyone Deserves A Great Doc!!!

Re: Regenerative light at the end of the tunnel (bluenoser)
Posted: 9:38:51 pm on 1/31/2010 Modified: Never

Great newss. Keeping our fingers crossed.

Bluenoser

Re: Regenerative light at the end of the tunnel (sentient)
Posted: 2:03:07 pm on 2/1/2010 Modified: Never

I think, how fast commercial applications would be available would be partly based on how viable and useful this is for Parkinson's, Alzheimers, etc.
Those seem to be the top priority for neuro research, and we benefit a bit from that because otherwise Ataxia is too rare to drive a lot of research.

Next steps would be to do this on humans and have trials.
If all goes well, I hope that within 5 years, this technology would be applied/available commercially.

Re: Regenerative light at the end of the tunnel (sentient)
Posted: 9:27:17 pm on 2/2/2010 Modified: Never

this article made me smile:
http://www.nature.com/nrneurol/journal/v6/n1/full/nrneurol.2009.214.html

Despite my ignorance in the neuro field, that does seem pretty significant.

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