A new stem cell-based treatment for progressive dementia just took a big step closer to the clinic.
UCLA researchers have successfully grown restorative brain cells in large batches, at high quality, suitable for transplantation in patients.The therapy is designed to repair damage to the brain from white matter stroke, a type of “silent stroke” that can kick off years of cognitive deterioration in the form of a disease called “vascular dementia” and can even accelerate Alzheimer’s disease. The new paper is published in the journal Stem Cell Research.
When neurons die, as happens in a stroke, the brain generally can’t grow new ones to…
