“[W]e may not need to transplant cells from the outside.”
Good news from Texas medical researchers!
It appears that specific stimulating factors may prove more useful in harnessing the body’s own ability to heal and regenerate than stem cells, whether from my the patient or someone else. This research into regeneration of nerve cells mirrors the use of epogen and nupogen long used to induce blood cell production.
https://www.worldhealth.net/news/healing-spinal-cord-injuries-reprogramming-cells
EDITED TO ADD:
Here’s a longer online article from “EurekaAlert!,” from the American Assocation for the Advancement of Science, publishers of the journal, Science.
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