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In-Vitro Innervation: Stem Cell-Derived Motor Neurons Meet Muscles
Posted On: May 16, 2012
Scientists have made strides turning stem cells into motor neurons, but a motor neuron is useful only when it innervates a muscle...


Muscle Therapy Pumps Up ALS Mice, But No Survival Benefit
Posted On: May 8, 2012
Keeping muscles strong and active in a mouse model of ALS allows the animals to perform better in the face of dwindling motor neuron...


News Brief: Awards Honor Christopher Shaw, Remember Richard Olney
Posted On: May 2, 2012
Christopher Shaw received the Sheila Essey Award 24 April at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting in New Orleans,...


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