- an international team of scientists had used modified adult stem cells to repair the spinal cord in rats
- the protective insulating sheath around the spinal cord is destroyed in a spinal cord injury
- scientists isolated adult spinal cord stem cells, then modified them to produce the protein CNTF
- CNTF is a growth hormone that stimulates cell survival and nerve growth
- patients have already been treated with nasal adult stem cells
I found this article searching for stem cell research. This article caught my eye after a long search. I remember talking about multipotent stem cells and how they could only change into a select few cells. When I saw that an adult stem cells could help cure a specific injury, I chose this article. I find this article very interesting because of how difficult it would be to fix a spinal cord injury. This article is very informative and I feel it should be shared.
Prentice, David. "» Adult Stem Cells Help Spinal Cord Get The Signal." FRC Blog. 26 Feb. 2010. Web. 25 Apr. 2010.
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