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A study is using new cell research technology to research novel treatments for brain injury or stroke.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are to study the effects of secondary injury components on brain cells using a pre-commercial version of the InQ Cell Research System.

The technology incorporates a dynamically controlled sample environment with sophisticated live cell imaging and real-time data collection.

Dr Candace Floyd explained that the technology enables researchers to control precisely control environmental conditions in a way they could not with technology on the market.

"Researchers can control temperature, gas, and media, with absolute control while using the microscope system to monitor the cell response in real time. This technology has not previously existed prior to the development of this system," she explained.

Meanwhile, scientists at the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan have identified a molecule that is a critical regulator of neuron survival following ischemic brain injury, which could possibly lead to new therapies for brain injury in the future.

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