Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells and injections of microRNA as therapeutics for nervous system repair

Traumatic injuries to the spinal cord (SCI) and peripheral nerve (PNI) affect several thousand people worldwide every year. At present, there is no effective treatment for SCI and despite continuous improvements in microsurgical reconstructive techniques for PNI, many patients are still left with pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kolar, Mallappa K.
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Anatomi 2016
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-119437
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7601-465-3