New Clue Into How Brain Stem Cells Develop Into Cells Which Repair Damaged Tissue

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 10:28 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism in brain stem cells that controls how and when they develop into cells which repair damage in neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis. They have found that a signaling pathway (called Wnt) in brain stem cells may be a critical key to developing therapies that would enable the restoration of damaged tissues.

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