Immediately after the injury, nerve cells inside die and others lose their ability to pass on signals. |
Mechanism is always important, because without understanding it, it's difficult to predict how animal data would translate to people. |
The actual cells that we transplanted, the human cells, are the ones that are making myelin. We're extremely excited about these cells. |
The actual cells that we transplanted, the human cells, are the ones that are making myelin. We're extremely excited about these cells. |
This is a first step in what has to be a long series of steps to get to anything clinical. |
This work is a promising step, and supports the need to study multiple stem cell types for the possibility of treating human neurological injury and disease. |
We show that these [stem] cells make connections with the nervous system of the mouse in a way that is appropriate and could mediate recovery. That's a big thing. |
We're very excited about these stem cells. We're really on the cusp of making some big leaps forward. |
We're very excited about these stem cells. We're really on the cusp of making some big leaps forward. |