Stem cells rescue nerve cells by direct contact

Transplanted stem cells can connect with and rescue threatened neurons and brain tissue, knowledge that might eventually bring treatments for brain damage and neurodegenerative diseases.

Eurekalert: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/ki-scr020110.php

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Research by an international team of scientist, beside Karolinska Institutet, included researchers from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Harvard Medical School and Université Libre de Bruxelles.  To be published in PNAS, online edition 1 February 2010