Abstract:
The Promise of Stem Cell Research
A particularly exciting and novel development in the
treatment of neurodegenerative diseases is the suggestion
from both animal and human studies that cell transplantation
offers the potential of effective future treatment for
neurodegenerative disorders such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. In
recent years, the transplantation of cells into the diseased
human brain has emerged from the realm of the theoretical
to that of the practical.