Spinal Cord Injury
Neural SCs delivered to injured cervical spinal cord by intrathecal injection
Published in Blood Weekly, August 11th, 2005
According to recent research from the United States, "Neural precursor cells (NPCs) are promising grafts for treatment of traumatic CNS injury and neurodegenerative disorders because of their potential to differentiate into neurons and glial cells.
"When designing clinical protocols for NPC transplantation, it is important to develop alternatives to direct parenchymal injection, particularly at the injury site."
"We reasoned that since it is minimally invasive, intrathecal delivery of NPCs at lumbar spinal cord (lumbar puncture)...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-08-11)
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