6Dec/06Off
chopstick in brain finds stem cells
…well, sort of:
A Chinese woman was admitted to Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, with a chopstick in her brain (!)—-specifically the inferior prefrontal subcortex. The chopstick was removed by a Dr. Zu, who took the opportunity to culture the brain tissue that came out with the chopstick…. He found that about 4% of the ‘chopstick cells’ went on to form neurospheres, indicating that they were stem cells.
full story is on Retrospectacle