Stem Cell Transplantation Benefits Mice With Childhood Motor Neuron Disease
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 00:28
in Health & Medicine
The motor neuron disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the second most common genetic disorder leading to death in childhood. There is currently no cure for SMA, but some clinicians and researchers consider stem cell transplantation as a potential therapeutic strategy. And now, work using a mouse model of SMA suggests that spinal cord neural stem cells might be a possible treatment for individuals with SMA.