Studies in Cell Transplantation show beneficial effects for variety of serious conditions

Studies in Cell Transplantation show beneficial effects for variety of serious conditions

Five studies from the current special issue of Cell Transplantation 24(4) devoted to work presented at the 21st meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR) in 2014, a…
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National Institutes of Health (May 1, 2015): NIH Summit Delivers Recommendations to Transform Alzheimer’s Disease Research

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Fri, 05/01/2015

The National Institutes of Health released recommendations today that provide a framework for a bold and transformative Alzheimer’s disease research agenda. Developed at the recent Alzheimer’s Disease Research Summit 2015: Path to Treatment and See Original Article

UNC Team uses cellular bubbles to deliver Parkinson's meds directly to brain

Pharmaceutical researchers at UNC are the first to use exosomes — lipid-and-protein spheres produced by cells — as vehicles to deliver a potent large-molecule drug to the brainResearchers…
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Harvard Gazette (May 5, 2015): 'New Clarity' Against Alzheimer's

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Tue, 05/05/2015

The past year has been a hopeful one in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. New findings have brought clarity to understanding the disease’s progress; new drugs to attack it are in trials.
Rudolph Tanzi, the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy ProfesSee Original Article