Stem cell-derived neurons transplanted into injured brains can navigate to appropriate targets and form new connections, according to a study by researchers from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, California, and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School.
The researchers used human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural cells in a mouse model of brain injury and hope their findings will improve cell therapies for stroke and other neurological disorders.
The research was published in the journal Cell Stem Cell and Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News has more.