This groundbreaking discovery has the potential to lead to future treatments of degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis. 这一重大发现有望研发出新的治疗诸如阿尔茨海默尔病之类的退行性脑病、以及如多发性硬化症之类的自身免疫疾病的方法。
For around a decade, scientists have been trying to regrow nerve cells lost in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS) from stem cells. 大约十年间,科学家们一直尝试利用干细胞使神经退变性疾病中的神经细胞再生,例如帕金森病,阿尔茨默病和肌萎缩侧索硬化。