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Stem Cells: applications for understanding brain function and disease – Video

Posted: February 24, 2012 at 4:04 am



22-11-2010 14:24 The existence of stem cells in the adult brain and their possible functions will be discussed as well as how human embryonic Stem Cells and induced Pluripotent Stem Cells can be used to model human disease. Fred H. Gage, Ph.D. (NAS/IOM) is the head of the Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurosciences, UCSD, La Jolla.

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Stem Cells: applications for understanding brain function and disease - Video

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