Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Researchers use reprogrammed patient neurons to test Alzheimer's drugs

Researchers use reprogrammed patient neurons to test Alzheimer's drugs
Neurology News & Neuroscience News from Medical News Today

Why do certain Alzheimer medications work in animal models but not in clinical trials in humans? A research team from the University of Bonn and the biomedical enterprise LIFE & BRAIN GmbH has been able to show that results of established test methods with animal models and cell lines used up until now can hardly be translated to the processes in the human brain.

Original Article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269859.php

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