Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
We have obtained human amnion during caesarian section from 20 volunteers. After the culture, amniotic cells were sorted by flow cytometry. The cell fraction that we consider containing stem cells is no more than 0.02% of total cells. A neonatal rat model with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury was prepared. We injected these cells suspended in a solution into the lateral ventricle of the brain. We also applied the cells as a form of cell sheet directly onto the injured cerebral cortex. Neuroprotective effects of the cell therapies have not been observed so far. We continue analyzing other methods of cell delivery and other cell sources.
All 2008
All Presentation (1 results)
