ELSC-ICNC Seminar: Tamir Ben-Hur
A lecture given by: Tamir Ben-Hur Department of Neurology, Hadassah -- Hebrew University Medical Center On the topic of: "Cell therapy for multiple sclerosis" January 3, 2013 Abstract: Neural stem cell therapy was originally thought as a means of cell replacement therapy for achieving brain repair in neurological disorders. While this still holds partly true, the discovery of their strong immunomodulatory and neurotrophic properties, has shifted the rationale for their therapeutic transplantation into using these functional properties. We will discuss the basic biology of the bi-directional interactions between stem cells and the nervous system, and clinical application of cell therapy in particular for multiple sclerosis. In addition we will present and discuss our recent findings on the functional limitations of neural stem cells which need to be considered in clinical translation.
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