The 13th Kenneth Myer Lecture
"Brain Regeneration - how the brain can grow and repair" - Professor Fred Gage
We have always thought that damage to the brain resulted in cell death with little chance for repair.
Thanks to recent discoveries, we now know that the brain continues to make neurons throughout life, generated from stem cells that have remained active in the brain since early development.
World renowned Professor Fred Gage explains how this process works. He also describes how neuroscientists are developing a method where our own stem cells can be extracted, grown and re-translplanted to aid brain development, function and repair.
