Brain Stem Cells Can Be Awakened, Say Schepens Scientists.

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Study Findings Promise to help in treatment of brain diseases

BOSTON, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have identified specific molecules in the brain that are responsible for awakening and putting to sleep brain stem cells, which, when activated, can transform into neurons (nerve cells) and repair damaged brain tissue. Their findings are published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS).

An earlier paper (published in the May issue of Stem Cells) by the same scientists laid the ...

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