Potentially great news for some kids.
The injection contained immature foetal glial cells
An injection of stem cells has been used to cure mice with a normally fatal nervous system condition.
The therapy which helped repair faulty nerve wiring raises hopes of treatments for children with rare and deadly nervous leukodystrophy disorders.
A UK expert said human treatments were still some way off - but potentially the technique could be used to treat conditions such as multiple sclerosis.
The US study features in the journal Cell: Stem Cell.
The scientists from the University of Rochester Medical Center believe it may be the first time that this type of "shiverer" mouse has been cured.
Its genetic makeup means that its nerve cells do not have enough myelin, a fatty coating which acts like the sheath on an electrical wire.
Without it, nerve signals do not travel properly from cell to cell, causing the trademark shaking and wobbling symptoms, and normally death within four months.
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