Spinal cord cells to repair other membranes

2003/04/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Medikuntza

Researchers at Stanford University in California have found that spinal cord cells help repair and maintain cells from other membranes.

The research was conducted with women affected by leukemia. After chemotherapy, they are treated with the male spinal cord, which replaces damaged or missing blood cells in both the spinal cord and blood.

But these women have also found cells collected in the brain, not only blood cells, but also special nerve cells. These nerve cells, Purkinje cells, are transported in blood to repair damaged membranes and even transformed to replace damaged cells.

The trajectory of these cells has been possible thanks to the Y chromosomes of donor cells.

A better understanding of the activity of spinal cord cells can help the body heal diseases.