Stem Cell Success: One Couple's Effort to Protect Their Son From Fatal Nerve Disease Will Help Other Boys Too

Monday, January 19, 2015 - 17:50 in Biology & Nature

A new human embryonic stem cell line containing the genetic mutation for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), and neurons grown from those cells, are now helping scientists study the condition -- thanks to an embryo donated by a couple seeking to avoid passing the disease to their son.

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