The Future of Brain Repair: A Realist's Guide to Stem Cell Therapy

by Jack Price

A scientist assesses the potential of stem cell therapies for treating such brain disorders as stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.

Stem cell therapies are the subject of enormous hype, endowed by the media with almost magical qualities and imagined by the public to bring about miracle cures. Stem cells have the potential to generate new cells of different types, and have been shown to do so in certain cases. Could stem cell...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262043750
• ISBN13: 9780262043755
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.1"