Dr. Ed Monuki and colleagues report developing a new cell type for possible treatment of Alzheimer’s and Brain Diseases
Dr. Monuki, Associate Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology and his graduate student Momoko Watanabe and colleagues have created a new stem cell-derived cell type with unique promise for treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. They developed choroid plexus epithelial cells from existing mouse and human embryonic stem cell lines.
Read more at: http://today.uci.edu/news/2012/11/nr_monuki_121107.php
