Stem Cells Cultured From Human Bone Marrow Behave Like Those
Derived From Brain Tissue Stem cells taken from adult human bone
marrow have been manipulated by scientists at the Maxine Dunitz
Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to
generate aggregates of cells called spheres that are similar to
those derived from neural stem cells of the brain. In addition,
the bone marrow-derived stem cells, which could be
differentiated into neurons and other cells making up the
central nervous system, spread far and wide and behaved like
neural stem cells when transplanted into the brain tissue of
chicken embryos. Results of the experiments, described in the
February 2007 of the Journal of Neuroscience Research, support
the concept of using bone marrow-derived stem cells to create
therapies to treat brain tumors, strokes and neurodegenerative
diseases. A similar study using bone marrow-derived stem cells
of rats appeared as the cover article of the December 2002 issue
of Experimental Neurology. "These findi