Overview of the Center and the Administrative Core Regenerative medicine is one of the great biomedical challenges of the 21st century. The potential for meeting this challenge was greatly augmented by the discovery that it is possible to reprogram somatic cells into pluripotent cells (induced pluripotent stem cells - iPSCs) that share many of the properties of embryonic stem cells (1-5). The ability to create and differentiate human iPSC lines has transformed both investigations of basic human cellular neurobiology and the examination of the cellular basis of human diseases of the nervous system. This technology makes it possible to study the development and cell biology of human neural stem cells as well as their neuronal and glial progeny. Further, somatic cells from patients with a variety of neurological diseases can reprogrammed to allow study of neurons and glia with the genotypes of the afflicted individuals. At NU there are two overiapping and rapidly growing groups of NINDS funded neuroscientists whose research programs will be dramatically advanced by access to and use of iPCs and their progeny. One group is focused on understanding the causes of neurodegenerative disease, describing the anatomic and physiologic properties of diseased cells, and finding ways of ameliorating cell death iri the brain. Specifically this includes NU investigators in the Udall Center and several departments studying the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease, several labs focused on motor neuron disease (ALS) and Huntington's disease, several focused on the spinocerebellar atrophies, and a large number of investigators examining disorders leading to dementia. The second group is focused on neural stem cell biology and development ofthe nervous system. Neuroscience research has been targeted by NU as an area of special focus, and the neuroscience community at NU is a large and productive one with about $50 million of NlH-sponsored research grants. This creates a rich environment with a wide diversity of technological and intellectual assets. However the inclusion of iPSC technology into these research programs has been hampered by the difficulties involved in creating and maintaining the cells with the highest standards of quality control. This proposed center will provide access to such cells to NINDS-funded investigators.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
4P30NS081774-05
Application #
9097821
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZNS1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2016-07-01
Budget End
2017-06-30
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2016
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Northwestern University at Chicago
Department
Type
DUNS #
005436803
City
Chicago
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
60611
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