The World's First Neural Stem Cell Transplant: In the coming decades this work could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative disorders that affect mi

Source: Scientific American
Date: December 18, 2006

Summary:

In a recent phase I clinical trial to treat children afflicted with Batten disease, a rare but fatal neurodegenerative disorder, neural stem cells were injected directly into the brain of a human subject. This work could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative disorders that affect millions, such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.