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  • iPSC-NSCs with potential

    Our lab is working with induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem cell lines (HIP-NSCs) in an effort to examine their potential to regenerate damaged brain tissue after a neural injury.

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  • Using neural stem cells to study stroke

    We try to understand the extent to which our stem cell lines are able to form functional neural cells in the stroke environment.

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  • Meet our pigs!

    Through pigs like these, we are looking to determine if NSCs can survive and integrate into an injury site within the brain. Someday, we hope this type of treatment can be translated to humans!

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  • Stereotaxic Injector System

    Induced pluripotent neural stem cells are transplanted into the penumbra region of the infarct (area of tissue damage) using a stereotaxic injector device.

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  • Vivian was awarded a travel grant to present her ground breaking research in the development of a pig stroke model at the 4th Annual Southern Translational Education and Research (STaR) conference (https://www.rxugace.com/STAR). This year’s focus is “Brain Injury: Pathways to Recovery.”   Come see her talk entitled “Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Functional Analysis of a Novel…

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  • Amie Goedeke received a fellowship to work on the derivation of canine induced pluripotent stem cells from the Morris Animal Foundation. These unique canine stem cells can be turned into neurons to help daschunds with spinal cord injury or mesenchymal cells for dogs with bone or cartilage defects or arthritis. This personalized medicine option gets…

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  • The Red & Black – Matthew Simmons | Posted: Monday, August 19, 2013 6:15 pm

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  • Amber, Congrats on Vet School!

    Amber was a key part of our pig stroke model team. Her project was studying behavioral changes post-stroke and she assisted with histological and MRI studies. This work won her 4th place in the 2013 College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium Oral Competition (see abstract here). We are going to miss Amber,…

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  • Franklin West, Principal Investigator

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  • Jeong-Yeh Yang, Research Scientist

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