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Stem cells for Alzheimer's?
Email: Anne Harding - anne_harding@yahoo.com News from The Scientist 2004, 5(1):20040611-04
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The death of former US President Ronald Reagan Saturday (June 5) after a decade-long struggle with Alzheimer's disease—just a month after former First Lady Nancy Reagan spoke publicly for the first time in support of stem cell research—has firmly linked stem cells with the hope for an Alzheimer's cure in the public mind. But most in the field admit it's highly unlikely that a stem cell transplant could cure or even treat Alzheimer's.
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