Neurodegenerative diseases are chronic conditions that cause nerve cells to lose function and die over many years. A decade-long, gradual mental decline often precedes this ultimately fatal process.

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far surpassing previous efforts that produced only a few dozen. By ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

ETH Zurich has generated over 400 human nerve cell types from stem cells, advancing disease research, drug testing and potential brain cell therapies.

A coalition of ALS patients and caregivers is petitioning the FDA to review available data on the stem cell therapy NurOwn (debamestrocel).