Electric Field Steer Transplanted Stem Cells in Rat Brain (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Electric Field Steer Transplanted Stem Cells in Rat Brain

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Transplants of neural stem cells might be used to treat brain injuries, but how to get them to the right location? UC Davis researcher Min Zhao and Junfeng Feng, a neurosurgeon at Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai, showed that they can steer transplanted stem cells (green, in inset on right) to one part of a rat's brain using electrical fields.

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Junfeng Feng

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