Stem Cell research has led to new
findings regarding causes and possible treatments of seizure disorders. The
research, reported by the University of Michigan Medical School and colleagues,
involves turning the skin cells of epilepsy patients into stem cells, and then
turning those stem cells into neurons. This process creates a miniature
“testing ground” for epilepsy, where researchers are able to measure the
signals that cells are sending to one another through sodium channels. In the
neurons tested of children with Dravet syndrome (a severe, rare genetic form of
epilepsy) abnormally high levels of sodium current activity and
“hyperexcitbility” were reported. Read full article here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130725090900.htm
