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To: Coleus
"We injected these hair follicle stem cells into the area where the nerve or the spinal cord is severed… [and] found that the nerve or spinal cord could be regenerated because we injected these hair follicle stem cells,"

Since hair follicle cells and neurons are from the same anlage (ectoderm) and since hair follicle cells are continously regenerating, this finding makes good logical sense.

4 posted on 03/16/2006 2:09:17 PM PST by Rudder
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To: Rudder
Since hair follicle cells and neurons are from the same anlage (ectoderm) and since hair follicle cells are continously regenerating, this finding makes good logical sense.

I'd agree with you. The authors, though, claim the cells are pluripotent.

13 posted on 03/16/2006 2:23:49 PM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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