Projects 2009/2010

Spinal cord injury has been recognized as one of the conditions for which stem cell transplantation might be beneficial. Cell replacement therapy depends on the efficient production (proliferation) ...

The aim is to test the hypothesis that members of the TGF-beta protein family act as a negative signal in regulating intrinsic axonal growth ability of lesioned nerve fibers. This negative effect may ...

If cells which produce nerve growth factors are transplanted into the severed spinal cord, they can stimulate the regeneration of nerve cells. However, severed fibres which start growing again cannot ...