High Throughput Strategy for Testing Nerve Regeneration in Live Animals
Dr. Mehmet Yanik, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an NIH Director's New Innovator awardee, demonstrates a novel method to rapidly screen potential drugs for their ability to promote nerve regeneration in the nematode C. elegans.
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Pioneering Research Investigates Link Between Two Neurological Disorders
Dr. Frances Jensen, a neurologist and researcher at Children’s Hospital Boston, is one of a growing number of scientists exploring the connection between epilepsy and autism.
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The Daily Show, March 29, 2011
Miguel A. Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D., appeared on Comedy Central’s Daily Show to discuss how research, supported in part by his 2010 Pioneer Award, could enable paralyzed people to walk again with a robotic vest that moves according to brain commands. Dr. Nicolelis also is the recipient of an unrelated NIH Director’s Transformative R01 Award.
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