A nurse is caring for a client with a spinal cord injury from a motorcycle accident. The nurse is instructing on the benefits of cell transplantation therapy. Which early outcome of treatment is anticipated?
A) Cell transplantation therapy produced a reduction in swelling and pain.
B) Cell transplantation therapy allowed organs to be brought from one person to another.
C) Cell transplantation therapy improves the growth of new neurologic connections.
D) Cell transplantation therapy allows the replacement of nerve cells that are damaged.
D
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Nerve cells in the central nervous system lose the ability to regenerate when injured. Consequently, there is a focus on finding cells that, when transplanted, can replace the nerve cells that have been damaged. The early outcome of transplantation is the replacement. A later outcome of the transplantation is that nerve transmission improves and muscle functions improve or there is a reduction in symptoms.
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