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Research Sheds Light on Factors Essential for Maintaining the Brain's Supply of Stem Cells

A biological fat with a sugar attached is essential for maintaining the brain's store of stem cells, scientists have revealed. Neural stem cells help the brain develop initially, then repopulate brain cells lost to usual cell turnover as well as to a trauma or malady, such as a head injury or stroke. While the cell population and activity decrease as a natural part of aging, scientists at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University ...

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