Watch RGCB-the slide show - Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
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DISEASE BIOLOGY & MOLECULAR MEDICINE :<br />
Taking Research from Laboratory to Clinic<br />
DEVELOPING NEW STRATEGIES FOR<br />
BLINDNESS AND BRAIN DAMAGE<br />
�Developed a model based on excitotoxicity <strong>for</strong> brain cell damage<br />
�Model can measure biochemical events occurring in brain<br />
during damage (strokes, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc)<br />
�Model used to look <strong>for</strong> protective drugs and compounds (such as<br />
Brahmi)<br />
�Stem cells – early undifferentiated primitive cells. Can be<br />
programmed to develop into o<strong>the</strong>r cell types such as brain cells<br />
and eye cells<br />
�Stem cells being programmed into brain cells <strong>for</strong> epilepsy and<br />
glaucoma
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