Neurology Today, Dec. 18, 2008 UTMB's Darren Boehning, an associate professor in the department of neuroscience and cell biology, is quoted in this article about a panel discussion about the use of stem cells from the tail end of the spinal cord that may one day provide patients with their own therapeutic cells. "It's a completely unique concept, compared to what others are looking at. They used a classic priming method, nothing special, except for the source of the material."