SURVIVAL, DIFFERENTIATION AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION OF HUMAN NEURAL STEM CELLS GRAFTED INTO THE ADULT RAT SPINAL CORD

摘要

The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating spinal cord diseases and injuires. The methods involve transplanting neural stem cells which have been previously expanded in vitro into a patient such that the cells can ameliorate the disease or injury. The stem cells to be transplanted are derived from spinal cord tissue.