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Aussie Scientists Discover Brain-Healing Mechanism

Posted by timothy on from the mother-of-invention dept.

MQBS writes "Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered a way to make the brain heal itself. The article is a bit light on detail but it looks fairly important (at least to the unknowledgable about advanced neuroscience (like me)). I like the part about incrased memory... anyone care to be a complete GNU/Linux source code concordance ^_^?"

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  1. big news by d_i_r_t_y · · Score: 5, Informative

    this is big news folks... isolating a particular type of stem cell is approaching the level of finding a holy grail. while differentiation, the process by which stem cells (which can become theoretically any type of cell) actually become a differentiated cell-type (eg a muscle cell, or an adipocyte, a fat cell) is poorly understood, isolating (and then being able to maintain and grow) a neural stem cell line is a big step (well, it was when i was doing my undergrad circa 5 years ago..).

    go the green and gold.