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Spinal Cord Injury Engineering Using Neural Stem Cells

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Overtime, various modalities of spinal cord injury (SCI) treatment have been trialed. Of these, the most attractive is the cellular transplantation of neural and mesenchymal stem cells. Extensive experimental studies have been done to identify the safety and effectiveness of their transplantation in animal and human models. In this chapter, the different sources, isolation and transplantation of these multipotent stem cells, and associated outcomes will be discussed.

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  1. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Ave, 359766, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA

    Martin M. Mortazavi MD, FICS

  2. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA

    Nimer Adeeb, Aman Deep & R. Shane Tubbs

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Mortazavi, M.M., Adeeb, N., Deep, A., Tubbs, R.S. (2014). Spinal Cord Injury Engineering Using Neural Stem Cells. In: Hayat, M. (eds) Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 11. Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7329-5_21

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