Scientists Discover Potential Stroke Treatment That May Extend Time to Prevent Brain Damage
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A naturally occurring substance shrank the size of stroke-induced lesions in the brains of experimental mice -- even when administered as much as 12 hours after the event, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown. The substance, alpha-B-crystallin, acts as a brake on the immune system, lowering levels of inflammatory molecules whose actions are responsible for substantial brain damage above and beyond that caused by the initial oxygen deprivation of a stroke.
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Adult Stem Cell "Beads" are Used in the Treatment of Stroke
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Imagine a high-tech sachet the size of a tea-bag, filled with very small beads, and each bead in turn contains thousands of adult stem cells. Then imagine that each adult stem cell has been individually bioengineered to produce a drug that is specifically designed to treat stroke. Although such a therapy may have originally began as the stuff of imagination, it is now a reality.
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