Michael J. Fox and other sufferers of degenerative neurological diseases rejoice! Japanese scientists at the government-backed research institute Riken have created the first functioning human brain tissues from stem cells, the first step in curing everything from strokes to multiple sclerosis to paralysis. Even better, there may be a chance that these tissues could come from non-embryonic stem cells, which means its research could possibly be continued in the U.S. as well.
