Neurologically impaired mice improve after receiving human stem cells
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 12:28
in Biology & Nature
Scientists report a dramatic success in what may be the first documented rescue of a congenital brain disorder by transplantation of human neural stem cells. The research, published by Cell Press in the June issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, may lead the way to new strategies for treating certain hereditary and perinatal neurological disorders.
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