Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Spinal Cord Injury Reduced With Cells Transplanted From Adult Mice Brain Cells

Source: Journal of Neuroscience
Date: March 29, 2006

Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today

Scientists at Toronto University and the Toronto Western Research Institute of Canada managed to reduce some of the paralysis of rats with spinal cord injury with cells transplanted from adult mice brain cells. This could eventually lead to treatment for humans with paralysis as a result of spinal cord injury.

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