Tuesday, September 20, 2005

RED HERRING | Stem Cells Repair Mice Spines

RED HERRING | Stem Cells Repair Mice Spines: "Stem Cells Repair Mice Spines

Human stem cells transplanted into injured mice help them walk again, suggesting human treatments are nearer.
September 20, 2005

California researchers have successfully transplanted human neural stem cells into mice with spinal cord injuries and demonstrated improvements in the animals’ ability to walk, suggesting future human treatments are a little bit closer, a leading scientific journal reported Tuesday.



The study, funded by the Christopher Reeve Foundation, was published in the online edition of the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)."

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