Stem Cell Treatment Found Effective For Rare Brain Disorder

sciencehabit writes "Four young boys with a rare, fatal brain condition have made it through a dangerous ordeal. Scientists have safely transplanted human neural stem cells into their brains. Twelve months after the surgeries, the boys have more myelin—a fatty insulating protein that coats nerve fibers and speeds up electric signals between neurons—and show improved brain function, a new study in Science Translational Medicine reports. The preliminary trial paves the way for future research into potential stem cell treatments for the disorder, which overlaps with more common diseases such as Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis."

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[Penurious Penguin]

You are hereby cordially invited to join me for a bucket of warm beer and wanton drooling. We will wear not but ducktape diapers and pressed Spam-helmets whilst watching the Nature Channel on mute. In the background will be Aphex Twin, all albums simultaneously played through a Marshall stack on max output. We will hold hands and use google-translate in attempt to dictate a Universal Access Linux box in a foreign tongue, such as Magyar or Uyghur. Our first task will be to nmap army.mil, followed by trolling on slashdot. Then the midgets will arrive, with cheap Scotch whiskey and starving badgers.

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- Sgt Septic,
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