Neural replacement therapy?

Mitchell Porter (mitch@thehub.com.au)
Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:52:34 +1000 (EST)

Apparently this was a study lasting 12 years. Does that mean that
the basic idea here was known that long ago? We could do with an
information center that listed proposed therapies, along with
rankings from "Certainly wouldn't work" through "Speculative"
to "Repeatedly demonstrated to work".

It would also be interesting to know *which* neurons can
be replaced by the introduced cells. How do they pick their
targets? etc.

-mitch
http://www.thehub.com.au/~mitch

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Subject: [Velcro] From : neurosci V4 #13

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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 20:28:59 +0100
From: "Nevio Tonsi" <ntonsi@globalnet.it>
Subject: NeuroSci: what do you think about this neuro-news?

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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS NEWS?
*** Scientists in breakthrough to replace brain cells
British scientists have discovered a method of replacing damaged
brain cells which could offer hope to millions of sufferers of
neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
Scientists in London found that rats which suffered brain damage from
simulated heart attacks recovered completely if they were injected
with embryonic brain cells from mice. The implanted brain cells,
called neuroepithelial stem cells or NESCs, found their way to the
damaged brain cells and took over their functions. For the full text
story, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=5798718-c38
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