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**The third episode of Selina Wray's guest blog, and Part 2 of this story. Read Part 1 here. **The topic of stem cells as a treatment for dementia is one that, understandably, I’m asked about a lot. If we are able to grow patient neurons (nerve cells) in the laboratory, why can’t we use those cells as a treatment to replace the cells that have died in the patients’ brain? The question is surprisingly complicated; I’ll try to briefly highlight some of the problems as well as some promising recent studies that suggest we have reason to be optimistic about using stem cells as a treatment for brain diseases.