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Extended serial passaging of mammalian neural stem cells in suspension bioreactors
5 Dec 1999
Abstract excerpt
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are primitive cells that are the "parent" cells of all the cells in the central nervous system (CNS). Their discovery in 1992 opened the door to a multitude of potential therapies and treatments to cure neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and Huntington's disease, which affect millions of people worldwide and cost billions of dollars in health care...
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