Grant supports creation of patient-derived stem cell lines for Alzheimer’s research

December 11, 2013

Researchers at UC Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders have received a two-year, $600,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging to develop and study patient-derived stem cell lines. Led by Frank LaFerla and Mathew Blurton-Jones, the UCI MIND team will create as many as 40 sets of induced pluripotent stem cells to explore the underlying biology of Alzheimer’s disease and test novel therapeutic approaches. (Phys.org)