Gel turned human brain support cells into working neurons and improved memory in Alzheimer's mice
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So Alzheimer’s has a mice problem?
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Lmao
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Getting the gel across the blood brain barrier may be the bigger breakthrough here. Plenty of promising treatments get blocked by that.
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Gotta test it on humans. I'm guessing this goes nowhere.
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I'd want to know whether the new neurons actually contribute to the brain or just kinda chill there unconnected to anythng.
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Yep. Probably years away from knowing
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Dont get your hopes up. For every 10 thousand promising articles only medical advancements only one ends up making any impact.
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Idk what astrocytes are, but wouldn’t those cells have jobs already?
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