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glial cell
A type of cell that surrounds nerve cells and holds them in place. Glial cells also insulate nerve cells from each other. (National Cancer Institute)
Stem Cell Therapy For Spinal Injury Feb 22, 2005
...aggravated sensitivity to pain was thought to be the result of the fact that many stem cells developed into astrocytes, a kind of glial cell that encourages ... Science Daily (press release)
Amgen Halts Phase II Study Feb 17, 2005
Called GDNF, for Glial-cell-lined-derived neurotrophic factor, the drug is the recombinant version of the naturally occurring GDNF in the central nervous system ... Chemical & Engineering News
Nerve Factor Infusion Improves Parkinson's Disease Feb 24, 2005
The substance, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), is obtained from lab-grown glial cells, which play a supporting role to neurons in the brain ... Reuters
Amgen confirms Parkinson's drug risks Feb 14, 2005
14 Feb 2005, 14:37 GMT - As part of that decision, Amgen has also concluded that it will not provide GDNF (glial-cell-lined-derived neurotrophic factor) to the ... Pharmaceutical Business Review
Doctors upset drug trial ends Feb 17, 2005
The researchers said they saw the treatment, glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor, as a new weapon in the battle against Parkinson's. ... Kykernel.com (subscription),
In our opinion: Halting Parkinson's treatment has painful effects Feb 24, 2005
In fact, researchers at UK said those who took the drug - glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, or GDNF - experienced a recovery of motor skills, even ... Kykernel.com (subscription),
Amgen Says Trial Halted on Safety Concern Feb 11, 2005
The company said it will continue to research the potential of GDNF, or Glial-cell-lined-derived neurotrophic factor, in the treatment of the brain disorder. Miami Herald (subscription),
Following Complete Review of Phase 2 Trial Data Amgen Confirms ... Feb 11, 2005
...(Nasdaq:AMGN) announced today that it has confirmed its previous decision to halt clinical trials of the experimental drug GDNF (Glial-cell-lined-derived ... Business Wire (press release),
Patients in Test Won't Get Drug, Amgen Decides Feb 11, 2005
Amgen's decision reverberated beyond the patients in the trials because the drug, called glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, or GDNF, had the ... New York Times
Amgen Confirms GDNF Halt In Parkinson's Development Feb 11, 2005
Amgen ended patient access to GDNF (glial-cell-lined-derived neurotrophic factor) in September, and said further clinical and preclinical review indicated that ... BioWorld Online (subscription)
Weekly News Roundup 2/11/05 Feb 11, 2005
The protein, called GDNF, short for glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, is believed to preserve brain cells and could provide protection against ... Drug Discovery & Development (subscription),
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Collections under which this article appears: May 19, 2004
OBJECTIVE: Structural deficits in the anterior cingulate cortex such as changes in glial cell and neuron numbers may be part of the anatomical substrate for ... Am J Psychiatry (subscription)
Adult Stem Cell Research More Effective Than Embryonic Cells May 15, 2004
...edition of Nature Medicine reported that five Parkinson's disease patients, who received injections of a natural body chemical known as glial-cell-line-derived ... LifeNews.com
Muscle-derived cells and gene therapy may cure for post- ... May 11, 2004
In this study, presented by Jang Hwan Kim, Ph.D., researchers injected herpes simplex virus vectors that deliver glial cell derived neurotrophic factors (GDNF ... EurekAlert
Promising New Treatment for Parkinson ’ s Disease May 4, 2004
The study, “Unilateral Intraputamenal Administration of Recombinant-Methionyl Human Glial Cell-line Derived Neurotrophic Factor to Treat Idiopathic Parkinson ... Newswise (press release) - May 4, 2004
... The study, “Unilateral Intraputamenal Administration of Recombinant-Methionyl Human Glial Cell-line Derived Neurotrophic Factor to Treat Idiopathic Parkinson ...
Betterhumans | Tooth Stem Cells Could Treat Parkinson'sBetterhumans
Tooth Stem Cells Could Treat Parkinson's May 6, 2004
The dental pulp cells also express glial cell-line neurotrophic factors, which work to support dying nerve cells and replace dead cells. ... Betterhumans
Common gene suspected in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Apr 27, 2004
The five patients received a continuous infusion of a substance known as glial-cell-derived neurotrophic factor, a protein that has been compared to plant food ... Kansas City Star (subscription)
Highlights: Movement Disorders Research at 56th Annual Meeting May 4, 2004
The treatment delivered GDNF (glial-cell derived neurotrophic factor) directly into the brains of five PD patients, using a pump implanted in the abdomen and a ... Newswise (press release) - May 4, 2004
... The treatment delivered GDNF (glial-cell derived neurotrophic factor) directly into the brains of five PD patients, using a pump implanted in the abdomen and a ...
Brain Injections Reverse Parkinson'sBetterhumans
Brain Injections Reverse Parkinson's Apr 27, 2004
Researchers at Imperial College London in the UK have infused molecules called glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factors, or GDNF, into the brains of ... Betterhumans
Resources from the National Cancer Institute on glial cell:
Structure of Neurons and Glial Cells Glial Cells. Glial (Neuroglial ... the neurons. Glial cells are far more
numerous than neurons and, unlike neurons, are capable of mitosis. ...
Cells, Tissues, and Membranes / Body Tissues / Nervous Tissue These are the glial cells (neuroglial cells), together termed the neuroglia.
Supporting, or glia, cells bind neurons together and insulate the neurons. ...
Nervous System / Nerve Tissue It is the "conducting" cell that transmits impulses and the structural unit of
the nervous system. The other type of cell is neuroglia, or glial, cell. ...
Cancer.gov - What You Need To Know About™ Brain Tumors Within the brain and spinal cord, glial cells surround nerve cells and hold them
in place. ... They begin in glial cells. There are many types of gliomas: ...
Cancer.gov Gliomas develop in the glial cells which make up the soft, spongy tissue that
supports the nerve cells in the brain. There are several types of gliomas. ...
Center for Cancer Research - Lab Pages ...through the various stages of cell differentiation into the different lineages that
make up the central nervous system (ie, glial cells, oligodendrocytes, and ...
Office of Technology and Industrial Relations - NCI ...and release agents that kill dividing cancer cells and/or other agents that may induce
cancer cells to differentiate into stable, quiescent glial cells that no ...
astrocyte (AS-troe-site): ...cord. An astrocyte is a small, star-shaped glial cell (a cell that
surrounds and supports nerve cells). Dictionary Print this page.
Center for Cancer Research - Staff Pages Yang F, He XP, Je HS, Zhou JZ, Eckermann K, Kawamura D, Feng L, Shen L, and Lu B:
Regulation of neuromuscular synapse development by glial cell line-derived ...
NCI-CCR - Pediatric Oncology - Brain Tumor research Currently phenylacetate and phenylbutyrate, which in vitro induces differentiation
in a variety of glial cell lines, are being tested in a pediatric phase 1 ...
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