Nature Cell’s Stem Cell Alzheimer’s Therapy Advances Amid Failures
Executive Summary
Nature Cell is set to begin a groundbreaking clinical trial in the US of a novel autologous stem cell therapy for Alzheimer's disease, a new approach likely to gain attention amid other high profile failures in the challenging indication.
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