Neural Stem Cells in Treating Diseases of the CNS Brooke McCarthy BME 281 Fall 2011
Stem Cells Undifferentiated cells Types Cell division Induced to become specialized cells Physiologically Experimentally
Neural Stem Cells Most fundamental cell of the nervous system Divides to create Neurons Astrocytes Oligodendroglia
CNS Malignant glioblastomas Multiple sclerosis Niemann-Pick’s disease Current treatments
NSC Therapy Inject Migrate Surround
Results Multiple sclerosis Niemann-Pick’s disease Still too early
Pros Best results Injection Either type of stem cell
Problems Risks BTSC Mutation of NSC Largest part of brain tumors Resists treatments Genetic engineering
Future Genetic engineering Cellular origins Other diseases
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