Led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, scientists have, for the first time, created stem cell-derived, in vitro models of sporadic and hereditary Alzheimer's disease (AD), using induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with the much-dreaded neurodegenerative disorder.

NEW YORK, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Pfizer Inc: WHAT: Episode Five is an in-depth discussion of current developments and breakthroughs in stem cell research.

By Terri Somers, The San Diego Union-Tribune Jan. 9--Frederick Lo, a 25-year-old graduate student with a degree in bioinformatics, is the face of a new training program funded by California's taxpayer-funded stem cell initiative.