Ethical and Bioethical Aspects in The Use of Stem Cells in Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries

Abstract

1. Abstract

One of the fundamental dogmas maintained in neuroscience until the last century held that regeneration of the nervous system cannot occur in stages of adult life. However, it has been shown in several species during the postnatal stage and throughout life, that new neurons continue to be generated in some places in the human body.