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Exciting stem cell progress on Alzheimer’s Disease

August 16, 2010 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

UPDATE: I have added more discussion at the bottom about therapeutics and how regenerative medicine might work for Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia throughout the world, affecting 10s of millions of people. The cost to society is staggering and on a personal level for those of us who […]

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Huntington’s Disease, a major new finding

August 10, 2010 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

This is the first post in a series focusing on stem cell advances related to specific diseases. Today we discuss Huntington’s Disease and a paper that came out yesterday in the journal Neuron that provides some significant insight into the mechanisms behind the disease. It is entitled: Huntingtin Is Required for Mitotic Spindle Orientation and

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