ALZHEIMER'S MAY SOON SUCCUMB TO SCIENCE

 

The dreaded disease that causes memory loss may be history in the near future. Alzheimer's, as the condition is called, is undergoing Korean therapy to determine its strengths and weaknesses, so a cure may be found. 

 

Usually associated with males, the condition hits most likely in old age. It attacks the workings of the brain and weakens it.

 

The solution is to use stem cells--cells that are able to develop into any of the different cell types that make up the tissues and organs of the body. Prof. Suh Yoo-hum is involved in this research. About their work, he said,

"Another positive part of the new-found therapy is that it does not involve any ethical issues or immune response problems because adults stem cells come from patients themselves."