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Re:Stem cells shown safe, beneficial for chronic stroke pati... by reasonattlm on Friday June 03, 2016 @10:10AM (#11830379)
Not autologous in this case.

http://www.san-bio.com/product/

The brain is immune privileged, so there is more leeway to use donor cells if that is the destination. Which isn't the case in most uses of stem cell transplants, as you point out.

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Re:Stem cells shown safe, beneficial for chronic stroke pati... by markkat on Friday June 03, 2016 @10:19AM (#11830429)
Actually, the brain is not as immune privileged as was long thought. Only last year, lymphatic vessels were identified in the brain.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/lymphat...

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