Researchers Show Brain Cells Renew Themselves

University of Florida researchers have shown that ordinary human brain cells may share the prized qualities of self renewal and adaptability normally associated with stem cells. "We can theoretically take a single brain cell out of a human being, and-with just this one cell-generate enough brain cells to replace every cell of the donor's brain and conceivably those of 50 million other people." Said Dennis Steindler Ph.D., executive director of U.F. McKnight Brain Institute. "This is a completely new source of human brain cells that can potentially be used to fight Parkinson's disease, Alzheimers disease, stoke and a host of other brain disorders." Click here http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/uof-hpd081606.php