Stem cell therapy has become a promising prospect in the treatment of degenerative diseases of different body organs and systems. In this context, both embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells have been considered for transplants in these cell-based therapies (Jordan et al. 2006). The cellular behavior of NSCs (or neural progenitors) has allowed us to keep them in culture, and to amplify their number after serial passages. This implies that adult NSCs may be an important source of cells for transplants.
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Gil-Perotín, S., García-Verdugo, J.M., Álvarez-Buylla, A. (2009). Therapeutic Potential of Neural Stem Cells. In: Identification and Characterization of Neural Progenitor Cells in the Adult Mammalian Brain. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 203. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88719-5_6
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