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betterworlds: The red neurons (nerve cells) are human, and the green ones are mouse. This photo is from a paper where the researchers showed that transplanted nerves grown from stem cells can be used to control original nerves!  That means that regrowing nerves from stem cells via transplants could rebuild whole circuits in the brain to make damaged regions work again. Read more.

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The red neurons (nerve cells) are human, and the green ones are mouse.

This photo is from a paper where the researchers showed that transplanted nerves grown from stem cells can be used to control original nerves!  That means that regrowing nerves from stem cells via transplants could rebuild whole circuits in the brain to make damaged regions work again.

Read more.

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