Umbilical cord blood cell therapy in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease

March 27, 2008

A novel strategy based on targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease, based on the results of a study in a mouse model of this currently untreatable neurodegenerative condition, as described in a groundbreaking report in Stem Cells and Development. (PHYSORG)