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Fate of stem cell transplants in peripheral nerves.
Stem cell research - 1 Mar 2012
Walsh Sarah K, Kumar Ranjan, Grochmal Joey K, Kemp Stephen W P, Forden Joanne, Midha Rajiv
Abstract excerpt
While damaged peripheral nerves demonstrate some potential to regenerate, complete functional recovery remains infrequent, owing to a functional loss of supportive Schwann cells distal to the injury. An emerging solution to improve upon this intrinsic regenerative capacity is to supplement injured nerves with stem cells derived from various tissues. While many of these strategies have proven successful in animal...
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