Stem cell research is moving along at a fantastic pace these days, with non-controversial sources being discovered at a seemingly increasing rate. An important development came to our attention on BrightSurf.com’s news site. Dr. Noboru Sato, an assistant professor of biochemistry at UC Riverside, has created a way to grow human embryonic stem cells (hESCs),… Read More
Your Weekly Resource
This week’s resource is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) teen driver fact sheet. The CDC says that motor vehicle accidents are the leading U.S. cause of teen deaths, accounting for more than one in three deaths. This site has some valuable information such as the size of this problem, who is at… Read More
Teens Suffer a High Rate of Brain Injuries, Paralysis
Remember that feeling of invincibility that you had as a teenager? For most of us, that feeling is almost unrecognizable now that life has caught up with us and we are aware of just how delicate life can be. Dr. Najma Ahmed, the assistant director of trauma at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada, says… Read More
Worried About Brain Injury? Watch Out for that Bathtub!
“A steaming bathtub and a group of bathers will make their way down Nicollet Mall Tuesday for the launch of a Hennepin County Medical Center campaign to prevent traumatic brain injury. The rolling shower scene is meant to draw attention to the number one cause of traumatic brain injury: falls. The tub will travel…accompanied by… Read More
Triggering Your Eyes to Heal Brain Injuries?
Science Daily has released an article regarding a study on brain plasticity from neuroscientists at Children’s Hospital Boston that has the potential to help patients heal from a brain injury. Otx2, a protein that is manufactured in the retina, has been found to initiate a state of “heightened brain plasticity” in mice. This state of… Read More
Brain Injury Detected by…Crystals?
Due to the U.S.’s continued military presence in Iraq, we have seen a lot of attention paid to the increasing numbers of soldiers returning with head injuries from bomb blasts. These injuries are often hard to detect and too many times go unreported. Luckily, both for the soldiers and for civilians who have sustained brain… Read More