Methods for treating and/or reversing neurodegenerative diseases and/or disorders
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1. A method for inhibiting or relieving a disease or disorder associated with neuronal cell loss in a brain, said method comprising:
- a) obtaining at least one stem cell from spinal cord tissue of a human having a gestational age of about 5 to about 20 weeks;
b) expanding the at least one stem cell to form an expanded stem cell population; and
c) injecting a therapeutically effective amount of the expanded stem cell population to at least one area of the brain of a subject.
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The present disclosure provides methods for the treatment of neurological diseases/disorders using neural stem cells (NSCs) obtained from a spinal cord tissue. The methods may include the use of a NSC population to treat a neurological disease/disorder of the brain. Such methods may include introducing exogenously cultured and expanded NSCs into the brain, which differentiate into neurons capable of integrating in vivo into the brain tissue in a sufficient manner to ameliorate the symptoms associated with the neurological disease/disorder.
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1. A method for inhibiting or relieving a disease or disorder associated with neuronal cell loss in a brain, said method comprising:
- a) obtaining at least one stem cell from spinal cord tissue of a human having a gestational age of about 5 to about 20 weeks;
b) expanding the at least one stem cell to form an expanded stem cell population; and
c) injecting a therapeutically effective amount of the expanded stem cell population to at least one area of the brain of a subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- a) obtaining at least one stem cell from spinal cord tissue of a human having a gestational age of about 5 to about 20 weeks;
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9. The method of 8, wherein the growth factor is selected from the group consisting of bFGF, EGF, TGF-alpha, aFGF and combinations thereof.
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15. A method of inhibiting or relieving stroke in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising:
- a) isolating at least one neural stem cell from spinal cord tissue of a human having a gestational age of about 5 to about 20 weeks;
b) expanding in vitro said neural stem cell to form an expanded population;
c) concentrating the expanded population; and
d) introducing a therapeutically effective amount of said expanded population to at least one area of the subject brain. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- a) isolating at least one neural stem cell from spinal cord tissue of a human having a gestational age of about 5 to about 20 weeks;
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