Dr. Barry Dworkin

Rat model shows promise for stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 7, 2014

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Breakthrough in stem cell treatment for Parkinson’s

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Human ESC-Derived Dopamine Neurons Show Similar Preclinical Efficacy and Potency to Fetal Neurons when Grafted in a Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease, Shane Grealish, et al., Cell Stem Cell, doi:10.1016/j.stem.2014.09.017, published online 6 November 2014,abstract.

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