China Set to Become Stem Cell Research Leader
Related News: Stem Cell ResearchWhen Jianhong Zhu, professor of neurosurgery at the city's Fudan University's Huashan Hospital, treated a patient with a chopstick lodged in his brain, not an uncommon injury in China, the culinary implement ultimately helped repair the damage it had caused.
Pulling out the offending object, the Harvard-trained doctor saw fresh brain tissue and decided to culture it in the laboratory and transplant it into the patient.
It was the start of a breakthrough in treating nerve damage and a sign that China is set to become the leader in the field of stem cell research, a field that could in the future help ailments as diverse as paralysis and incontinence.
His technique amazed British scientists who visited his lab last September, as part of a UK Department of Trade and Industry (DIT) mission to learn about stem cell research in the far east.
Jianhong was to discuss his work, along with other Chinese and British scientists at a conference in London yesterday organized by the DTI.
The analysis picked up on how Chinese scientists are keener to apply stem cell research to treating patients. The British company, ReNeuron, is one of the nearest to bringing the technique to stroke patients to treat paralysis, but trials are still about a year away...
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Posted on January 27, 2005 02:43 PM
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