In article <3379ace4.1156390 at news.frii.com>,
Paul Ostrof <paulo at frii.com> wrote:
>What research is being done in regenerating dead brain cells? Is any
>progress being made?
>
Bringing dead brain cells back to life?!!! Wow! Neuroscientists can do
some pretty nifty things eh? :-)
If you're interested in replacing dead brain cells with new and fully
functional neurons then have a look at these papers for a start:
Gage, FH, Coates, PW et al. (1995). Survival and differentiation of
adult neuronal progenitor cells transplanted to the adult brain. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 92:11879-11883.
Gage, FH, Ray, J and Fisher, LJ (1995). Isolation, characterization,
and use of stem cells from the CNS. Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 18:159-92.
These two articles deal with the use of multi-potent stem cells and/or
neural progenitors. Look for transplantation in Parkinsons Disease too,
where non-neuronal cells are being engineered to produce dopamine or a
precursor. There's lots of neat stuff going on.
Brian
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