Stanford Bio-X scientists develop decoy drug to aid ailing brains that suffer strokes, blindness, Alzheimers

A team of Stanford Bio-X scientists has restored the ability of adult mice to form new connections in the brain. If the finding works in people, it has the potential to help adults recover from stroke and forms of blindness or to prevent the loss of connections in Alzheimer’s disease.

By Amy Adams

Full Story: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/october/biox-brain-protein-10-13-14.html