Worldwide status of clinical experimentation with stem cells in neurologic diseases

Worldwide status of clinical experimentation with stem cells in neurologic diseases. Dimitrios Karussis, MD, PhD. Neurology April 24, 2012 78:1334-1336.

KEYWORDS: stem cells, CNS repair, Embryonic stem cells (ESC), pluripotent, potential carcinomatous transformation, somatic stem cells, neuronal (NSC), mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), Fetal NSC, ethical, legislative, immunomodulatory effects, neurotrophic factors, bone marrow, blood–brain barrier, animal models of neurologic disorders.