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Dramatic growth of grafted stem cells achieved in rat spinal cord injuries

Dramatic growth of grafted stem cells achieved in rat spinal cord injuries

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System have reported that neurons from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) that were grafted into rats after a spinal cord injury have produced cells with tens of thousands of axons (nerve fibres) extending virtually the entire length of the animals’ central nervous system.

The iPSCs used were developed from a healthy 86-year-old human male.

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