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Thursday, 19 December 2013 21:52

Stem cells to facilitate pharmaceutical tests for Alzheimer’s Featured

Prof. Oliver Brüstle and his team of scientists from Bonn, Germany, have developed a new test with which they are able to test the effects of potential Alzheimer's drugs on human brain cells, with the aim of the test is to provide better results than animal experiments.

Two patients suffering from a hereditary form of Alzheimer's disease donated skin cells, which Oliver Brüstle’s team transformed into brain cells and then treated with ten drugs.

Source (German):
http://www.rp-online.de/

 

 

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