in Sweden, where he has been active throughout his career. He initially trained as a neuroanatomist, and became interested in brain regeneration and repair in the early seventies. Together with his close collaborators Ulf Stenevi, Olle Lindvall, Fred Gage (now at the Salk institute in La Jolla, USA)
Gene Therapy for the Nervous System
โ Scribed by Ho, Dora Y.; Sapolsky, Robert M.
- Book ID
- 109988450
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 859 KB
- Volume
- 276
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0036-8733
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