{"id":4051,"date":"2019-03-26T15:28:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/?p=4051"},"modified":"2019-03-26T15:31:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:31:11","slug":"brain-stem-cells-in-multiple-sclerosis-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/2019\/03\/26\/brain-stem-cells-in-multiple-sclerosis-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain stem cells in multiple sclerosis patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Crocker-Stephen\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2532 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2015\/09\/Crocker_Stephen_2017_Neuroscience_JGelineau_5321ccrop-e1485795739470.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Crocker\" width=\"182\" height=\"207\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 182px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 182\/207;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2532 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2015\/09\/Crocker_Stephen_2017_Neuroscience_JGelineau_5321ccrop-e1485795739470.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Crocker\" width=\"182\" height=\"207\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Crocker-Stephen\">Stephen J. Crocker, PhD<\/a>, associate professor\u00a0for the Department of Neuroscience, along with\u00a0his\u00a0lab and colleagues had their recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences <em>(PNAS), titled\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2019\/03\/21\/1818348116\">Cellular senescence in progenitor cells contributes to diminished remyelination potential in progressive multiple sclerosis<\/a><\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0This publication\u00a0features how\u00a0brain stem cells in people with the most severe form of multiple sclerosis (MS)\u00a0look much older than they really are,\u00a0which could be the key to new treatments for the disease.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Crocker talks more about this study in his featured story published in the UConn Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/03\/ms-sufferers-brain-stem-cells-age-faster\/\">Study: Brain Stem\u00a0Cells Age Faster in MS Patients<\/a> and in the following <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/326593107\">video<\/a> released by the The New York Stem Cell Foundation, where they sit down with both Dr. Crocker and co-author <a href=\"https:\/\/nyscf.org\/people\/valentina-fossati-phd\/\">Valentina Fossati, PhD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen J. 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