Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Date: May 17, 2008
Summary:
The Sydney Morning Herald reports researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute in Brisbane, Australia have found brain stem cells that are critical to learning and memory:
"AUSTRALIAN researchers have discovered stem cells in the brain that are vital for learning and memory. They have also worked out how to activate the cells so they produce new neurons, a discovery that could eventually lead to better treatments for degenerative brain conditions of ageing, such as dementia."
