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Will stem cell therapies help people with intellectual disabilities? is there any cure on the horizon?
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No,not at the moment: probably later, but brain cells don't regenerate, and probably cannot be differntiated easily from stem cells as other tissues do, meanwhile all is still experimental
Answered 12/17/2014
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