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ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that it has been awarded three Federal grants, totaling $733,438 through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which supports investments in qualifying therapeutic discovery projects. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20061221/DCTH007LOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061221/DCTH007LOGO ) "This money represents a significant boost to two of our lead programs," said...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that the Chairman of its Board of Directors and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Karl Johe, PhD, will take part in a plenary discussion entitled, "Current and Future Clinical Trials and Stem Cell Therapies," at the World Stem Cell Summit on October 5, in Detroit, MI (http://www.worldstemcellsummit.com/summit-agenda). Dr. Johe is the creator of Neuralstem's neural stem cell technology. The panel will be...

Researchers at the Center for Neuroscience Research  at Children's National Medical Center have discovered that the two major types of signaling pathways activated during brain cell development"”the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway and the Notch pathway"”operate together to determine how many and which types of brain cells are created during growth and repair in developing and adult brains. This knowledge may help scientists design new ways to induce the brain to repair itself...

Improved motor function observedNeuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that its spinal cord stem cells survived in rat brains affected by stroke and differentiated predominantly into neurons. The transplanted animals showed significant improvement in some motor skill and strength measurements. The study entitled, "Intracerebral Implantation of Adherent Human Neural Stem Cells To Reverse Motor Deficits in Chronic Stroke Rats," was presented earlier today by senior study author,...

 In an unanticipated finding, researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine have discovered that, during early adulthood, the brain produces new excitatory neurons, and that these neurons arise from non-neuronal support cells in an area of the brain that processes smell.The study, conducted in mice, is the first to demonstrate that pyramidal neurons in the mature brain stem are generated by precursors of glial cells "” non-neuronal support cells "” and that these new neurons likely...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that Dr. Shinn-Zong Lin, Superintendent at China Medical University Hospital, will present results from a study entitled, "Intracerebral Implantation of Adherent Human Neural Stem Cells (or Neurals Progenitor Cells or "NPCs") to Reverse Motor Deficits in Chronic Stroke Rats," at the Stem Cells USA & Regenerative Medical Conference in Philadelphia, PA, on September 14, 2010. (Logo:...

UCI study is first to show reversal of long-term hind-limb paralysisA UC Irvine study is the first to demonstrate that human neural stem cells can restore mobility in cases of chronic spinal cord injury, suggesting the prospect of treating a much broader population of patients.Previous breakthrough stem cell studies have focused on the acute, or early, phase of spinal cord injury, a period of up to a few weeks after the initial trauma when drug treatments can lead to some functional...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists identify a novel feedback mechanism that regulates differentiation of adult neural stem cellsSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators showed a gene named Prox1 is a key player in normal development of a brain structure crucial for learning and memory and remains active throughout life, nurturing the cells vital for making new memories.This study focused on a small region of the hippocampus known as the dentate gyrus, a brain...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that it received notification that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has upheld the patentability, without amendment, of all claims in U.S. Patent No. 5,753,506 and intends to issue a reexamination certificate in due course. This patent describes methods of culturing and expanding neural stem cells. A reexamination request had been filed by a third-party requestor in September...

One of the most common causes of disability in young adults is spinal cord injury. Currently, there is no proven reparative treatment. Hope that neural stem cells (NSCs) might be of benefit to individuals with severe spinal cord injury has now been provided by the work of a team of researchers, led by Kinichi Nakashima, at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, in a mouse model of this devastating condition.In the study, mice with severe spinal cord injury were transplanted with...