Thursday, November 08, 2007

Scientists develop non-invasive method to track nerve-cell development in live human brain

Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: November 8, 2007

Summary:

A team of scientists including researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified and validated the first biomarker that permits neural stem and progenitor cells (NPCs) to be tracked, non-invasively, in the brains of living human subjects. This important advance could lead to significantly better diagnosis and monitoring of brain tumors and a range of serious neurological and psychiatric disorders.