Commentary Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/stemcell.2.010
Research update on the state of the evidence for stem cell and regenerative medicine in cerebral palsy
Iona Novak1,*, Madison CB Paton2, Megan Finch-Edmondson2
- 1Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- 2Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Corresponding Author
Iona Novak, iona.novak@sydney.edu.au
Received Date: July 26, 2021
Accepted Date: August 30, 2021
Novak I, Paton MCB, Finch-Edmondson M. Research update on the state of the evidence for stem cell and regenerative medicine in cerebral palsy. Arch Stem Cell Ther 2021; 2(1):15-19.
Copyright: © 2021 Novak I, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Cerebral palsy, Stem cells, Cell therapies, Traffic light, Regenerative medicine
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