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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AntiCancer, Inc. of San Diego has reported that stem cells similar to those found in the brain and in hair follicles promote the growth of peripheral nerves in a 3-dimensional culture system in vitro over periods of 2 weeks or more. AntiCancer spokeswoman Charlene Cooper said the ability to grow nerves in culture that is promoted by stem cells that normally reside in the hair follicle should enable the production of pre-grown nerves of individual patients to repair nerves and damaged spinal cords in the patients in the relatively near future. This is especially exciting since such stem cells are readily accessible in hair follicles and do not have the cancer-causing and ethical issues such as iPS and ES cells currently being developed for regenerative medicine. These results were just published in PLOS ONE (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0067153).
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