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neurogenesis
(redirected from Neural stem cells)

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neurogenesis [¦nu̇r·ō′jen·ə·səs]
(embryology)
The formation of nerves.


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The Burnham Institute plans to ask the Food and Drug Administration for permission to conduct a human trial of neural stem cells collected from fetal brains, says Snyder.
These findings suggest that neural stem cells residing in the adult brain may not only foster tissue repair, but may, in some circumstances, protect the brain from inflammatory attacks.
In 1985, when he was working at the National Institute for Medical Research in Mill Hill, London, Professor Raisman discovered neural stem cells relating to olfactory ensheathing cells.
 
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