Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have reversed Alzheimers-like symptoms in mouse models of the disease with injections of neural stem cells. The first author, Mathew Blurton-Jones, has a Training grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The lead author, Frank LaFerla, has a SEED grant and an Early Translational grant from CIRM.
The Alzheimer’s Project: Mad World Tease (HBO)
May 17th, 2010
To learn more about The Alzheimer’s Project go to www.hbo.com/alzheimers
Insulin for Alzheimer’s
May 11th, 2010
New research today says that insulin, the hormone used to treat diabetes, might some day be useful for treating Alzheimer’s disease. www.sciencentral.com