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New research supports brain cell transplantation as a treatment for some neurological disorders

By Albert HiuKa Fok, Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience, McGill University
Sabrina Chierzi, Research Associate, Neuroscience, McGill University

The transplantation of astrocytes — a type of brain cell as common as neurons — may provide hope of treatments or cures of some neurodegenerative disorders.

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