Reality and immortality—neural stem cells for therapies
Jeffrey D Rothstein1
& Evan Y Snyder2
1
J.D.R. is in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University, Meyer 6-109, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. jrothste@jhmi.edu
2
E.Y.S. is Director of the Program in Developmental and Regenerative Cell Biology, The Burnham Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. esnyder@burnham.org
The successful immortalization of neural progenitor cells via the overexpression of telomerase prompts several questions for those intending to develop somatic stem cell therapies for neurological disease.
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