Research reveals gene ‘language’ critical in infant brain development

October 15, 2013

In what they’re calling a ‘biological surprise’, a team of expert international geneticists led by a University of Otago researcher have discovered a key piece of information about how the human brain is put together and how such a complex piece of wiring assembles itself in utero. The finding recently appeared as a feature article in Nature Genetics. This discovery could represent a first step in understanding how neural stem cells could possibly be used to repair damage in the brain of infants and children. (Medical Xpress)