Source: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Posted: June 21, 2006
Summary:
A therapy that combines differentiated stem cells with myelin inhibitors and a motor axon tropic factor helped paralyzed rats restore functional motor units and gain some physical recovery. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine explored different strategies to restore motor function in paralyzed rats. They hoped to stimulate the formation of functional muscular units. They concluded that functional restoration of motor units with embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons is possible in adult paralyzed rats and the technique, "represents a potential therapeutic intervention for humans with paralysis.
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