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A Biological Global Positioning System: Considerations For Tracking Stem Cell Behaviors In The Whole Body., Shengwen Calvin Li, Lisa May Ling Tachiki, Jane Luo, Brent A Dethlefs, Zhongping Chen, William G Loudon

Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

Many recent research studies have proposed stem cell therapy as a treatment for cancer, spinal cord injuries, brain damage, cardiovascular disease, and other conditions. Some of these experimental therapies have been tested in small animals and, in rare cases, in humans. Medical researchers anticipate extensive clinical applications of stem cell therapy in the future. The lack of basic knowledge concerning basic stem cell biology-survival, migration, differentiation, integration in a real time manner when transplanted into damaged CNS remains an absolute bottleneck for attempt to design stem cell therapies for CNS diseases. A major challenge to the development of clinical applied …