Adult Stem Cells May Act As Spinal Cord Nerve Repair System!

Posted 23 July, 2008 in THE LATEST ASC SCIENCE |

This probably isn’t news to our Dr. Carlos Lima, but it may be good news for spinal cord injury victims coming across this blog or website for the first time.  -  MIT researchers along with the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have found that spinal cord stem cells that are grown/multiplied in a lab and then reintroduced into the injury site can restore some physical function in paralyzed rodents and primates.

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“We have been able to genetically mark this neural stem cell population and then follow their behavior. We find that these cells proliferate upon spinal cord injury, migrate toward the injury site and differentiate over several months,” study author Konstantinos Meletis said in an MIT news release.

This isn’t too surprising to me as it seems they have proven (or on the way to proving) that adult stem cells do their job of repairing when introduced into an injury  site in a large amount.

For more on stem cells for spinal cord injuries- click here

For the full article mentioned above- click here

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