Dr. Ephraim F. Trakhtenberg, assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience was recently Spotlighted in the “President’s Corner” at The BrightFocus Foundation* for his new approach in regenerating the injured optic nerve. Read more about Dr. Trakhtenberg’s exciting discovery in the National Glaucoma Research Report: Spring 2019. *Nonprofit organization (501(c)(3), which supports research to […]
A New Culprit for MS Relapses
As posted in the UConn Today, May 9, 2019 – Kim Krieger – UConn Communications A molecule that helps blood clot may also play a role in multiple sclerosis relapses, research report in the May 6 issue of PNAS. The new research may help answer the mystery of why remissions happen, as well as find […]
Brain stem cells in multiple sclerosis patients
Stephen J. Crocker, PhD, associate professor for the Department of Neuroscience, along with his lab and colleagues had their recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), titled “Cellular senescence in progenitor cells contributes to diminished remyelination potential in progressive multiple sclerosis.” This publication features how brain stem cells in people with the most severe form of multiple […]