UCSF Experiments Challenge Prevailing Theory for the Basis
of Cell Death in the Developing Brain
The unexpected survival of embryonic neurons transplanted
into the brains of newborn mice in a series of experiments at the University of
California, San Francisco (UCSF) raises hope for the possibility of using
neuronal transplantation to treat diseases like Alzheimer’s, epilepsy,
Huntington’s, Parkinson’s and schizophrenia.