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Alzheimer's and Huntington's: Using Stem Cells to Understand and Treat Disease

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 1:49 am



(Part 4 of 7) Mathew Mark Blurton-Jones, a professor at UC-Irvine's Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, spoke at "Synapses Firing: Connections Made", a patient advocacy event hosted by the California stem cell funding agency (CIRM). The 100+ people in attendance heard from patient advocates about living with neurodegenerative disease and from scientists about recent progress in stem cell research that may lead to new treatments

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Alzheimer's and Huntington's: Using Stem Cells to Understand and Treat Disease

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