NYSCF scientists develop 3-D stem cell culture technique to better understand Alzheimer’s disease

April 3, 2013

The NYSCF Alzheimer’s disease research team aims to better understand and to find treatments to this disease through stem cell research. For such disorders in which neurons misfire or degenerate, the NYSCF team creates “disease in a dish” models by reprogramming patients’ skin and or blood samples into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells that can become neurons and the other brain cells affected in the diseases. (Eurekalert)