Source: Society of Nuclear Medicine
Posted: March 16, 2006
Japanese researchers have found a piece of the “missing link” about how adult bone marrow stromal cells restore lost neurologic function when transplanted into animals exhibiting central nervous system disorders. The cells may provide a safe, ethical source for replacing brain cells lost to neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Studies have shown that cells taken from adult human bone marrow may possibly be converted into neural cells that could then be transplanted into the brain.
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