Neural stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells present in the adult central nervous system that can self-renew, and give rise to new neurons and supporting cells called glial cells.

The pluripotent and multipotent stem cells are found in the bone marrow, which can differentiate into any tissue in the body.

This inspired Su-Chun Zhang, a stem cell biologist at Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to design a platform to reliably model functional ...

“The idea that you could use electrical fields and 3D mechanical properties to impact stem cells without having ... Spatial control of electrical gradients has the potential to mimic those found ...

A neural stem cell transplant has enabled an elderly man who sustained spinal cord injuries in an accident to stand unaided again. At the time of writing, the research team said, the man had begun ...

More information: Vlad Jarkov et al, 3D piezoelectric cellulose composites as advanced multifunctional implants for neural stem cell transplantation, Cell Reports Physical Science (2025).