by Katie Moisse | Jun 4, 2010
The UK-based Motor Neurone Disease Association has recently funded a £800,000 ($1.2 million) program to study motor neurons derived from the skin cells of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with rare, disease-causing mutations in the gene TARBP. Although the...
by Stem Cell Network | May 18, 2010
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease and motor neuron disease (MND), is a progressive neuromuscular disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. As these neurons slowly waste away, they become unable to transmit signals...
by Katie Moisse | Apr 27, 2010
“Neuron replacement is the future–but astrocyte replacement can be done now” Those were the words of stem cell biologist Clive Svendsen during his plenary lecture at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting in Toronto April 15. Svendsen won...
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