Will stem cells help treat Alzheimer's?

Will stem cells help treat Alzheimer's?

Gus Alva (Medical Director, ATP Clinical Research) gives expert video advice on: Can Alzheimer's disease be prevented?; Is there a cure for Alzheimer's disease?; What should I look for in an assisted living facility? and more...

I believe there will be a role for stem cell work with Alzheimer's disease and I would strongly advocate for, again, optimizing on any venue that we currently have to try to beat this illness. There's very little along the lines of specific stem cell work in Alzheimer's disease that's actually reached humans. So, in essence, when any new drug is being assessed, it first has to be tested in animal models and then, subsequently, in healthy volunteers and then, subsequently, in those individuals with the disease state that the drug is going to be being marketed for or looked for. And, at the present time, stem cell research work is certainly still very, very early on.