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Brain stem cells limited for replacement therapies
11-30-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MIT scientists report that adult stem cells produced in the brain are preprogrammed to make only certain kinds of connections--making it impossible for a neural stem cell originating in the brain to be transplanted to other regions.
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