Breakthrough in spinal injury treatment
Friday, September 19, 2008 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Manipulating embryo-derived stem cells before transplanting them may hold the key to optimising stem cell technologies for repairing spinal cord injuries in humans. Research published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Biology, may lead to cell based therapies for victims of paralysis to recover the use of their bodies without the risk of transplant induced pain syndromes...
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