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Stem cell potential
Explains how, in the future, stem cells might contribute to repairing the nerve damage caused by MS, and describes key research.


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Stem cell definition
See the research glossary definition of the term stem cell.

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Information on MS Society funding for stem cell related projects.



Stem cells

This section explains how, in the future, stem cells might contribute to repairing the nerve damage caused by MS, and describes key research.

 
» What are stem cells?
  • What can stem cells potentially do?
  • Different types of stem cells


» Important stem cell discoveries
  • Stem cells can 'home in' on damage
  • Stem cells can protect nerves


» Cells that repair
  • Bone marrow stem cells
  • Schwann cells
  • Olfactory ensheathing cells


» Repair from within – endogenous repair
  • What is endogenous repair?
  • What research is there into endogenous repair?


» Preventing damage – bone marrow transplantation
  • What research is there into preventing damage using bone marrow transplantation?
  • Current treatments using bone marrow transplantation


» Unsolved questions in stem cell research
  • How stem cells specialise
  • How stem cells are transplanted
  • Stem cell research, the media and the future


» Current stem cell research
  • Professor Robin Franklin
  • Professor Neil Scolding


» Stem cell treatment now on sale
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