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Comparative efficacy of different AAV viruses in the  primate striatum.  See article here.

See…  http://www.theusdvista.com/news/san-dieg… for more information…

Neurosurgery at UCSD Medical Center launches new site:  http://ucsd.neurosurgeon.info

Date:  Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Time:  3:00pm-4:30 pm, Reception to Follow
Location:  Pechet Room
The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
at Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston MA, 02115

“Current Issues in Human Gene Therapy”
David Williams, M.D.
 Director of Translational Research, Children’s Hospital
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Hospital Boston,
Leland Fikes Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
 
“Using Gene Therapy as a Platform for Pediatricians
to Manufacture Drugs for Pediatric Cancer”
Laurence  J.N. Cooper,  M.D., Ph.D.
Grant Taylor,  W. W. Sutow and Margaret Sullivan Distinguished Professor in  Pediatrics
M.D. Anderson  Cancer  Center
Section Chief, Cell  Therapy, Children’s  Cancer Hospital
Director,  Immunology  Laboratory of  Physician Scientists

“Integrating and Non-integrating Retrovirus Based Vectors for Cell Modification”
Christopher Baum, M.D.
Professor,  Experimental   Haematology
Head, Department of  Experimental  Haematology
Hannover  Medical  School
Adjunct Professor of  Pediatrics
Cincinnati  Children’s  Hospital Research  Foundation

See ne-ns.com for more information

Research Recruit University of Florida

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Researcher joins UF Brain Institute
Gainesville Sun - Apr 11, 2008
MBI Director Dennis Steindler describes the addition of Brent Reynolds as a professor of neurosurgery “a real coup.” Reynolds joined the UF faculty from the University of Queensland, Australia, on March 1. He will run the newly created Adult Stem Cell …

cvsection.org is a new website providing links and information for the Joint CV Section

Hypothermia draws renewed interest after football player’s injury.

Neural Stem Cell Study Reveals Mechanism That May Play Role In Cancer

Science Daily — In the dynamic world of the developing brain, neural stem cells give rise to neurons deep within the brain’s fluid-filled ventricles. These newborn neurons then migrate along the stem cell fibers up to the neocortex, the seat of higher cognitive functions. Now, scientists have discovered a key mechanism of this migration — one that may also play an important role in other developmental processes and diseases, including cancer……

Neuronal subtype specification in the cerebral cortex.

Molyneaux BJ, Arlotta P, Menezes JR, Macklis JD.

MGH-HMS Center for Nervous System Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.

In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms underlying the specification of projection neurons within the mammalian neocortex. New experimental approaches have made it possible to identify progenitors and study the lineage relationships of different neocortical projection neurons. An expanding set of genes with layer and neuronal subtype specificity have been identified within the neocortex, and their function during projection neuron development is starting to be elucidated. Here, we assess recent data regarding the nature of neocortical progenitors, review the roles of individual genes in projection neuron specification and discuss the implications for progenitor plasticity.

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An excellent review on the topic.