October 22, 2014 – The Stem Cell Foundation

Differentiated Parkinson patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells grow in the adult rodent brain and reduce motor asymmetry in Parkinsonian rats

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Post published:October 22, 2014
Post category:Articles Stem Cells

Recent advances in deriving induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from patients offer new possibilities for biomedical research and clinical applications, as these cells could be used for autologous transplantation. We…

Adult stem cells and multiple sclerosis

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Post published:October 22, 2014
Post category:Articles Stem Cells

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common neurological disease and a major cause of disability, particularly affecting young adults. It is characterized by patches of damage occurring throughout the brain and…

Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Multiple Sclerosis: Does Neural Differentiation Really Matter?

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Post published:October 22, 2014
Post category:Articles Stem Cells

The lack of therapies fostering remyelination and regeneration of the neural network deranged by the autoimmune attack occurring in multiple sclerosis (MS) is raising great expectations about stem cells therapies…