Brain Birth Defects Successfully Reversed Through Stem Cell Therapy
Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 20:21
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have succeeded in reversing brain birth defects in animal models, using stem cells to replace defective brain cells. The work involved using mouse embryonic neural stem cells, which migrate in the brain, search for the deficiency that caused the defect, and then differentiate into becoming the cells needed to repair the damage.