====== Neural stem cell ======

see Neural stem cell theraphy
Neural [[stem cell]]s (NSCs) are self-renewing, multipotent [[cell]]s that generate the main [[phenotype]] of the [[nervous system]]. 

see [[neural stem cell division]].

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Compared with other types of stem cells, adult [[neural stem cell]]s (aNSCs) have clinical advantages, such as limited proliferation, inborn differentiation potential into functional neural cells, and no ethical issues. In spite of the merits of aNSCs, difficulties in the isolation from the normal brain, and in the in vitro expansion, have blocked preclinical and clinical study using aNSCs. 

see [[Neural stem cell therapy]].



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In [[neurooncology]], the biology of neural stem cells (NSCs) has been pursued in two ways: as tumor-initiating cells (TICs) and as a potential cell-based vehicle for [[gene therapy]].

NSCs as well as [[mesenchymal stem cell]]s (MSCs) have been reported to possess tumor tropism capacities.

see [[Induced neural stem cell]]s.