Nerve cells grown from new-style stem cells
ReutersPosted: July 31st, 2008 by Steve Trinward
“Ordinary skin cells taken from patients with a fatal and incurable nerve disease have been transformed into nerve cells in a first step toward treating them, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. They transformed the cells from two patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, into motor neurons — the cells that waste away and die in ALS. There is no immediate medical use for the cells, taken from two sisters aged 82 and 89, the researchers reported in the journal Science.” (07/31/08)
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN3141568520080731
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