Reprogrammed stem cells offer ALS hope
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 20:49
in Health & Medicine
NEW YORK, July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they used skin cells from seriously ill patients to create motor neurons that hold promise for treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
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