Resurrection of Neurodegenerative diseases via Stem cells

Authors

  • Siranjeevi Nagaraj Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are complex disorders that degenerates central nervous system. To this end, we have achieved only  palliative treatments and their success is limited. Emerging studies suggest stem cells could be an alternative to recover lost neural network. Transplanting stem cells for replacing damaged neurons is a pivotal step in cell replacement therapies. In this article, NDDs and their pathology, current methods of combating NDDs and potentiality of stem cells in treating NDDs have been reviewed briefly. In addition to this ,  technical issues that hamper clinical applications of stem cells in creating cellular models and grafted cells for neuron resurrection have been discussed.

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Published

2016-07-26

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 07 (2016)

Section

Review

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Copyright The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access by BioMedPress. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0) which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. 

How to Cite

Resurrection of Neurodegenerative diseases via Stem cells. (2016). Biomedical Research and Therapy, 3(07), 699-706. https://preservation.bmrat.org/index.php/BMRAT/article/view/105