Search for dissertations about: "Josephine Hebsgaard"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Josephine Hebsgaard.

2. 1. Generation of cells for cell-replacement therapy: Specification of neural precursors in vivo and in neural stem cell cultures

   Author : Josephine Hebsgaard; Neurobiologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurospheres; Dopaminergic neurons; Parkinson s disease; Neurogenin2;

   Abstract : Cell replacement therapy of neurodegenerative disorders aims to substitute the degenerating cells with new functional neurons. Clinical trails with patients suffering from Parkinson’s or Huntington’s disease have generated proof-of-principle results that neural precursors taken from the developing human brain can survive upon grafting to the diseased brain and provide long-lasting symptomatic relief. READ MORE