Mount Sinai leads global program using stem cells to accelerate cures for Alzheimer's disease

Collaboration with the New York Stem Cell Foundation will involve using skin samples and brain imaging to identify causes and cures Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is leading an international team of researchers working to reprogram skin cells into brain cells to gain a better understanding of Alzheimer's disease ... (more)

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/tmsh-msl032713.php