This is amazing work!
Simple drug combination creates new neurons from neighboring cells
February, 7, 2019
http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/ ... Chen2-2019
"By using four molecules that modulate four critical signaling pathways in human astrocytes, we can efficiently turn human astrocytes—as many as 70 percent—into functional neurons."
Turning glial cells into neurons
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Turning glial cells into neurons
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Re: Turning glial cells into neurons
Fascinating study! And with current funding from NIH and Alz. Assn., it seems likely they will continue to be funded for this work. I especially admire the commitment to developing a drug that would be economical for developing countries to use!
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Re: Turning glial cells into neurons
So, having had a stroke, I could see how this would be useful. Not as clear if the same would be true in AD... In the case of a stroke, you're trying to rebuild a prior damaged neuron or more likely neural network, whereas in AD, what is being repaired? Memories? Those are more the dendritic connections, and I doubt you're getting those back. Maybe you could rebuild enough neurons to allow for new memory creation?
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