Brain Vol. 127 No. 12 © Guarantors of Brain 2004; all rights reserved
Editorial |
Editorial
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Stem cells, stories and wonderful works is the collective title Alasdair Coles and Roger Barker use for their review of Neural stem cells for brain and spinal cord repair (edited by Tanya Zigova, Evan Snyder and Paul Sanberg), Still livesnarratives of spinal cord injury (by Jonathan Cole) and Stem cell researchnew frontiers in science and ethics (edited by Nancy Snow). Capable both of self-renewal and differentiation down defined lineages in response to appropriate signals, stem cells have achieved fame well in advance of their performances in clinical medicine. Society expects a