Patient stem cells used to make dementia-in-a-dish for the first time.

Researchers from KU Leuven have identified a new strategy for treating an inherited form of dementia after attempting to turn stem cells derived from patients into the neurons most affected by the disease. In patient-derived stem cells carrying a mutation predisposing them to frontotemporal dementia, which accounts for about half of dementia cases before the age of 60, the scientists found a targetable defect that … Continue reading Patient stem cells used to make dementia-in-a-dish for the first time.