Alzheimer's brain cells grown from patients' skin cells could model disease

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Brain cells from Alzheimer's patients have been grown in a highly purified form by San Diego and international scientists, producing models of the increasingly common neurodegenerative disease suitable for testing drugs.

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Alzheimer's Brain Cells Grown in Lab; Could Provide Models of Disease

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Brain cells from Alzheimer's patients have been grown in a highly purified form by San Diego and international scientists, producing models of the increasingly common neurodegenerative disease suitable for testing drugs.

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Policies needed for earlier Alzheimer’s

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16 (UPI) — Increasingly, Alzheimer’s patients learn they have the disease before symptoms affect daily functioning, but may not know how to react, researchers say.

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