ALS

 

Researchers Discover Misfolded Protein Clumps Common to Dementia, Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Study Provides New Insights into Neurological Disorders

http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2006/nia-05.htm

 

 

Autism

 

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a $5.9 million study in six states to try to find the causes of autism.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061007/sc_nm/autism_dc_1

 

A schizophrenia drug from Johnson & Johnson won U.S. approval as the first medicine to treat symptoms of autism in children and adolescents, the

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061006/sc_nm/jnj_risperdal_dc_5

 

Umbilical cord stem cells general

 

Neuronal differentiation of human umbilical cord blood neural stem-like cell line.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?tmpl=NoSidebarfile&db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=16909032&dopt=Abstract