Abstract:Spinal cord injury (SCI) represents an urgent unmet need for clinical reparative therapy due to its largely irreversible and devastating effects on patients, and the tremendous socioeconomic burden to the community. While different approaches are being explored, therapy to restore the lost function remains unavailable. Olfactory ensheathing cell (OEC) transplantation is a promising approach in terms of feasibility, safety, and limited efficacy; however, high variability in reported clinical outcomes prevent it… Show more
“…Two reviews in this Special Issue address the contribution of cell transplantation after SCI: Wen et al provide an overview of the use of dental-derived stem cells, while Reshamwala et al present various clinical studies that have used olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation in humans [26,27].…”
“…Two reviews in this Special Issue address the contribution of cell transplantation after SCI: Wen et al provide an overview of the use of dental-derived stem cells, while Reshamwala et al present various clinical studies that have used olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation in humans [26,27].…”
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