Transplanted Human Stem Cells Prolong Survival In Mouse Model Of Rare Brain Disease

Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 23:14 in Biology & Nature

A new study finds substantial improvement in a mouse model of a rare, hereditary neurodegenerative disease after transplantation of normal human neural stem cells. The research findings show that the transplanted cells provided a critical enzyme that was missing in the brains of the experimental mice and represent an important step toward what may be a successful therapeutic approach for a currently untreatable and devastating disease.

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