Stem Cell Transplants May Benefit Stroke Victims

According to two studies published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (Vol.16 No.10), stroke victims may benefit from human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) or bone marrow stromal cell (BMSCs) transplantation. In both studies, the migration of chemically “tagged” transplanted stem cells were tracked to determine the degree to which the transplanted cells reached damaged areas of the brain and became therapeutically active.

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Filed under: Stem Cell Research on January 29th, 2008