Stem Cells from Hair Follicles Have Potential to Repair Damaged Neurons in Mice (IMAGE)

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Stem Cells from Hair Follicles Have Potential to Repair Damaged Neurons in Mice

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Melanocyte stem cells from the telogen, or resting, phase of the mouse hair follicle (green, left panel) within the CD34-positive bulge region (red, left panel) differentiate and form dense myelin sheaths (right panel) in the brain of myelin-deficient mice.

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Sandeep Joshi, University of Maryland School of Medicine

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