:: 13 May 2007
Systemic delivery of autologous and allogeneic MSCs preserves myocardial viability even in large animals and is, therefore, an attractive approach for tissue repair.
:: 13 May 2007
Stem cell transplants into spinal cord lesions may help to improve regeneration and spinal cord function.
:: 12 May 2007
Neuroprotective effect of adult hematopoietic stem cells in a mouse model of motoneuron degeneration.
:: 12 May 2007
Effect of human mesenchymal stem cell transplantation combined with growth factor infusion in the repair of injured spinal cord.
:: 12 May 2007
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilizes bone marrow-derived cells into injured spinal cord and promotes functional recovery after compression-induced spinal cord injury in mice.
:: 12 May 2007
Axonal remyelination by cord blood stem cells after spinal cord injury.
:: 11 May 2007
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilizes bone marrow-derived cells into injured spinal cord and promotes functional recovery after compression-induced spinal cord injury in mice.
:: 11 May 2007
Migration, fate and in vivo imaging of adult stem cells in the CNS.
Future use of adult stem cells: In the future, it may be possible for a person to use a sample of his or her own stem cells to regenerate tissue, which would reduce or even eliminate the danger of rejection. How might this be done? Some possibilities include:
- Collecting healthy adult stem cells from a patient and manipulating them in the laboratory to create new tissue. The tissue would be re-transplanted back into the patient's body, where it would work to restore a lost function.
- Therapeutic cloning might enable the creation of embryonic stem cells that are genetically identical to the patient.
- One less invasive way to achieve this goal would be to manipulate existing stem cells within the body to perform therapeutic tasks. For example, scientists might design a drug that would direct a certain type of stem cell to restore a lost function inside the patient's body. This approach would eliminate the need for invasive surgical procedures to harvest and transplant stem cells.
