The Role of Stem Cells

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Recent insight into the role of stem cells in radiation-induced injury has opened the door to new therapeutic... 

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In the last decade, the roles of stem and progenitor cells in the differentiation of the embryonic nervous system have become illuminated, leading to fundamental advances in our knowledge of the regulation of cell fates in the brain. Much is still needed for us to understand the interplay between genetic and cell communication events that leads to normal generation of the complex nervous system. These issues are important to resolve if we are to learn how disease or trauma affect the growing brain. 

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Fused hybrids possibly have a major role in the differentiation of fetal cells during early development. Fusion also might allow a matnre cell whose location and fnnction are well established, to induce an immatnre cell, a stem cell for instance, to assume the function of the mature cell. This may well be the mechanism that regnlates the ability of stem cells to differentiate into tissues that need augmentation. Fnsed hybrids may also have a survival advantage by introducing superior DNA from one species into another. 

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