Stem cells and Parkinson's disease: toward a treatment, not a cure.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.stem.2008.04.010.
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Abstract
Early clinical trials designed to treat Parkinson's disease by transplantation of fetal tissue containing dopamine neuron precursors yielded promising results, but the approach retains several limitations. Multiple recent papers describe longer-term outcomes in these patients, and two additional studies offer novel approaches that may lead to autologous sources of transplantable dopamine neurons.
Medical subject headings
- Embryonic Stem Cells
- Neurons
- Parkinson Disease
- Stem Cell Transplantation