It's not a rat's race for human stem cells grafted to repair spinal cord injuries

(University of California - San Diego) More than one-and-a-half years after implantation, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center report that human neural stem cells (NSCs) grafted into spinal cord injuries in laboratory rats displayed continued growth and maturity, with functional recovery beginning one year after grafting.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news