Multiple intravenous administrations of human umbilical cord blood cells benefit in a mouse model of ALS.
A promising therapeutic strategy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the use of cell-based therapies that can protect motor neurons and thereby retard disease progression. We recently showed that a single large dose (25 × 10⁶ cells) of mononuclear cells from human umbilical cord blood (MNC hU...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3272008?pdf=render |