Parkinson’s In Rats Treated Effectively With Reprogrammed Skin Cells

Scientists in the US made new brain cells by inserting reprogrammed adult skin cells into fetal mouse brains and then used them to reduce symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in rats. While this is a long way from demonstrating such a method might be effective in humans, it brings that hope a step closer.

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Filed under: Parkinson's Disease on April 11th, 2008