Neural stem cells offer potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease
Monday, July 20, 2009 - 16:42
in Health & Medicine
Irvine, Calif. -- UC Irvine scientists have shown for the first time that neural stem cells can rescue memory in mice with advanced Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes of a potential treatment for the leading cause of elderly dementia that afflicts 5.3 million people in the U.S.