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Human Stem Cells Used to Cure Brain Disorder Friday, June 06, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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Human stem cells have been used to correct abnormal brain development in mice with fatal brain disorders, offering hope for treating a range of neurological disorders including some deadly childhood genetic diseases. Those behind the new treatment hope that human clinical trials could be just a few years away. The treatment uses human glial progenitor cells — cells that can differentiate into the glial cells that, among other things, make up myelin. (source: nature.com)
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