US funding for Lund research for project on adult stem cells
Adult stem cells are to be treated so that they develop characteristics of nerve cells and can produce dopamine, according to Associate Professor Jia-Yi Li at the Wallenberg Neuro Center at Lund University, who has received a grant of some SEK 2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American counterpart of the Swedish Research Council. In recent years only two departments in Sweden have been granted funding from NIH in the field of neurological diseases/stroke, and Jia-Yi Li is the first researcher in Sweden to receive a grant for a stem cell project. The aim of the project is to use adult stem cells as an alternative to embryonic stem cells in transplants for Parkinson's