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...experiment involved only tissue-specific stem cells—in this case, neural progenitor cells—which cannot become any kind of cell other than that of their source tissue. The controversial embryonic stem cells, which can potentially change into any kind of cell, were not part of the experiment...
...There is no evidence presented as to whether the neural progenitor cells represent a single type of cell or are, instead, a population of several different progenitor pools,” Melton wrote in an e-mail...
...retina is a thin, multi-layered membrane at the back of the eye that converts light and images into neural signals that reach the brain through the optic nerve. Macular degeneration, a disturbance of the center of the retina, is the leading cause of blindness in people over 55 years...
...babies' health by preventing birth defects, teamed up with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the U.S. to deliver a public-health message: women of childbearing age should take 400 micrograms of folic acid daily. It's a simple act of preventive medicine that cuts the risk of neural-tube defects like spina bifida in developing fetuses by more than 50%. Apparently the message stuck. A March of Dimes poll designed to gauge awareness of the supplement's benefits found that while only half of American women ages 18 to 45 knew what folic acid was in 1995, that...
...Dimes to thank for it. In 1998 the organization teamed up with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to deliver a public-health message: women of childbearing age should take 400 micrograms of the vitamin daily. It is a simple act of preventive medicine that cuts the risk of neural-tube defects like spina bifida more than 50% in developing fetuses. Apparently the message stuck. A March of Dimes poll designed to gauge awareness of the supplement's benefits found that while only half of women ages 18 to 45 knew what folic acid was in 1995, that figure...