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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet discovered that stem cells in the mouse spinal cord can form new oligodendrocytes, essential for neuronal signal transmission, to help repair damaged tissue. This finding indicates a conceptually new strategy for stimulating repair after nervous system damage.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Stem cells can help repair spinal cord after injury Karolinska Institutet · Oct 1, 2020 · first to report
- Latent lineage potential in neural stem cells enables spinal cord repair in mice American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Oct 1, 2020