Nervous system stem cells can replace themselves, give rise to variety of cell types, even amplify

Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 06:30 in Biology & Nature

(Medical Xpress) -- A Johns Hopkins team has discovered in young adult mice that a lone brain stem cell is capable not only of replacing itself and giving rise to specialized neurons and glia – important types of brain cells – but also of taking a wholly unexpected path: generating two new brain stem cells.

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