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ArticleInternational archives of medicine2008

Locally induced neural stem cells/pluripotent stem cells for in vivo cell replacement therapy.

Ti-Fei Yuan, Oscar Arias-Carrión

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Article in International archives of medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ti-Fei YuanDepartment of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Li Kai Shing Faculty of Medicine, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, PR China. yuantf@hku.hk.
Oscar Arias-Carrión

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural stem cells hold the key to innovative new treatments for age-associated degeneration and traumatic injury to the brain and spinal cord. We hypothesized that the in vivo induced pluripotent stem cells or neural stem cells through "forced gene expression" can be used to repair damaged brain areas or treat degenerative diseases. Hopefully, these in vivo patient-specific stem cells can bring a new avenue for cell replacement therapies.

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PMID18816398
PMCPMC2559823

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