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LOS ANGELES and LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A senior research neuroscientist from The Salk Institute, Mohamedi Kagalwala PhD, has been recruited to head NeuroGeneration's new laboratories in La Jolla, California. Dr. Kagalwala, an expert on neural stem cells, will become director of the new Division of Biotherapeutics and Drug Discovery. "I am extremely pleased to lead NeuroGeneration's new Division and expand its technology of adult neural stem cells for...

Just like a conductor cuing musicians in an orchestra, Fgf10, a member of the fibroblast growth factor (Ffg) family of morphogens, lets brain stem cells know that the moment to get to work has arrived, ensuring that they hit their first developmental milestone on time, report scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the July 16, 2009, edition of the journal Neuron.Their findings not only add new insights into brain development and a novel function for Fgfs, but also reveal...