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Researchers discover transitional stem cells
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They say the previously unknown type of transitional stem cell will help advance research on pre-eclampsia and other little-understood reproductive disorders. “These new cells, which we are calling bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) -primed stem cells
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Researchers discover transitional stem cells
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“These new cells, which we are calling bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) -primed stem cells, are much more robust and easily manipulated than standard embryonic stem cells,” lead researcher R. Michael Roberts, a professor of biochemistry at Missouri, …
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The ALS Association, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and Massachusetts General
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The trial will evaluate the potential of the drug, Retigabine, which has a unique mechanism of action and can calm the excitability of nerve cells that are thought to cause seizures. These “hyperexcitable neurons” are also thought to play a role in ALS.

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