The feat, which took more than two years of trial and error, is seen as an important step in the dream of creating spinal nerve cells in the lab for use in replacing cells damaged by spinal cord injuries or by diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig's disease.
January 31, 2005
UW researchers make human motor neurons out of stem cells.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:
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