As we age our skin thins and dries out because of lower cell replacement and shrinking oil glands.

In the long run, these might be used in cell replacement therapies.

He suggested that if cells can be obtained from the adult brain and expanded in vitro, they may be used for cell replacement.

Cell replacement strategies are now intensely studied as a possible therapeutic intervention of glial associated neurodegenerative disorders and glial tumors.

Transplantation of fetal dopaminergic precursor cells has paved the way for the possibility of a cell replacement therapy that could ameliorate clinical symptoms in affected patients.