Physician-scientist Richard J. Wong’s laboratory is investigating ways to change the cancer ecosystem to make it less hospitable. Cancer relies on many tricks to survive and grow. One tactic is to ...

Researchers in Germany report a major finding in the field of neuroscience that could have important ramifications in new pain therapies targeting Schwann cells in the skin. Classical understanding of ...

After an injury, there is often damage to the nerves. These nerves usually regenerate using innate processes. Researchers from Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and at the Swiss University of Fribourg ...

In vitro conditions were defined under which Schwann cells, from a population of dissociated embryonic chicken spinal cord cells, migrate along the growing neuronal fibers and wrap bundles as well as ...

Neuropathic pain, a chronic condition resulting from nervous system lesions or diseases, remains a formidable clinical challenge due to its complex and ...

Damage to the body's peripheral nerves can cause pain and movement disorders. Researchers have recently investigated how damaged nerves can regenerate better. They found that fat tissue strongly ...

Scientists show that Schwann cells take over functions of immune cells in nerve healing. Similar mechanisms could prevent nerve tumors from growing. Schwann cells are known to protect and repair nerve ...

Researchers have found that Schwann cells, a special type of cells are capable of generating protective myelin sheath covers for the nerves at rates higher than earlier believed. Senior author Dr.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Peripheral nerve injury is followed by Wallerian degeneration which is characterized by cellular and molecular events that turn the ...