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Tapping into spinal cures
March 26, 2004Stem cells which give rise to vertebrae, muscle and the spinal cord have been identified for the first time by Dr. Valerie Wilson (University of Edinburgh). "These axial stem cells could be used in the future to help replace damaged tissues after back injuries", says Dr. Wilson who will be presenting her work at the Society for Experimental Biology's Annual Main Meeting in Heriot-Watt University (29th March - 2nd April).
Unlike embryonic stem cells, axial stem cells may only differentiate into a limited number of tissues and so this research represents a breakthrough in the potential for bulk production of spinal cord, bone and muscle tissue, which could be used for medical treatments in the future. At the moment the axial stem cells have only been grown in cultured mouse embryos but, if the right culture conditions can be found, there is much more scope for the cells to be grown in vitro. Dr. Wilson is currently working towards developing an axial stem cell line.
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