Larry Goldstein

Dr. Larry Goldstein has been a part of the UC San Diego Medical Center since 1993. He is the Director of the UC San Diego Stem Cell Program, and he has contributed vast efforts to the proposal in California in 2005 supporting human embryonic stem cell research. A project he has recently worked on involved the use of stem cells to find a cure for Alzheimer's Disease. He discovered, through the research of stem cells, that people with Alzheimer's produce too much of the protein amyloid precursor protein, which can interfere with the flow of biochemicals in the brain. This can cause great damahe to the brain, resulting in loss of memory. I am very impressed with the nature of Dr. Goldstein's work, and I hope that he continues his research to one day find a cure for alzheimer's.