Stem cells cure for Alzheimer’s
Brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s could be cured with drugs in as little as five years, according to a Swedish study published in Science magazine.
The study shows that a region of the brain contains stem cells which have the ability to act as a repair system for the body. As diseases like Alzheimer’s speed up the process by which brain cells die, scientists say that drugs could be developed that would stimulate stem cells to replace them. The body could be tricked into repairing itself, reversing the damage caused to cells by degenerative disease.
