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Reversing effects of severe stroke - exosome treatment

New therapy shows full recovery in porcine ischemic stroke model

15-Jan-2020

Key points from article :

Neurodegeneration due to ischemic stroke completely recovered.

Exosome treatment in minimally invasive and non-operative.

When given intravenously exosomes penetrated the brain and interrupted the process of cell death.

Non-treated brain cells around the stroke injury quickly starved from lack of oxygen and died.

In this observational study, the team analysed brain images taken 24 hours after stroke.

Research by University of Georgia, published in Translational Stroke Research.

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Stroke