At Lund University, scientists discovered a type of stem cell in the
brain that they believe could be used to form new brain cells. This
hypothesis and claim is monumental in the sense that injuries and
diseases to the brain are the hardest to combat and recover from because
brain tissue does not regenerate. The specific functions of these stem
cells remain unclear but their discovery provides great potential for
new avenues of stem cell research. Hopefully the findings will provide
insight into how brain cell plasticity works and new repair mechanisms
of brain tissue can be discovered.
http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2012/04/23/new_stem_cell_found_in_the_brain.html
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