Stem cells repair stroke damage

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3077, 2016, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • People once dependent on wheelchairs following a stroke are walking again after receiving injections of stem cells into their brains. Participants in the small trial also saw improvements in their speech and arm movements. One 71-year-old woman could only move her left thumb at the start of the trial, says Gary Steinberg, a neurosurgeon at Stanford University who was part of the team that performed the procedure on 18 participants.