Scientists Make Living Brain Cells from Deceased Alzheimer's Patients
Scientists at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute, working in collaboration with scientists from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), for the first time generated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells lines from non-cryoprotected brain tissue of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
NYSCF SCIENTISTS MAKE LIVING BRAIN CELLS FROM DECEASED ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS BIOBANKED BRAIN TISSUE
New study shows ability to make living human cells from biobanked brain tissue
These new stem cell lines will allow researchers to "turn back the clock" and observe how Alzheimer's develops in the brain, potentially revealing the onset of the disease at a cellular level long before any symptoms associated with Alzheimer's are displayed.
Read the full article at Alzheimer's Reading Room
(http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2014/01/scientists-make-living-brain-cells-from.html)
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