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Epilepsy And The Plastic Mind, Janice Naegele
Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy For Intractable Epilepsy., Janice Naegele
Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy For Intractable Epilepsy., Janice Naegele
Janice R Naegele
Envisioning a world in which humans are able to regenerate severed limbs, rewire neural pathways, and enhance sensory perception has been a mainstay of science fiction novels and movies for decades. While human limb regeneration is still not possible, remarkable developments in the fields of stem cell biology and neuroscience are leading the way for stem cell-based therapies to amend brain and spinal cord damage and repair sensory organs. In this chapter, we discuss recent efforts to derive neural stem cells from embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and their applications to treating conditions such as …