cultured brain cell (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

cultured brain cell

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Human brain cells are notoriously difficult to culture in the lab, but UC San Diego researchers successfully grew human brain cells, shown here, in order to test a new treatment approach for spinal cord injury.

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Mark H. Tuszynski/UC San Diego Health Sciences

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