Experimental Parkinson's therapy may have robust weight-loss effect
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 14:36
in Health & Medicine
A growth factor used in clinical experiments to rescue dying brain cells in Parkinson patients may cause unwanted weight loss if delivered to specific areas of the brain, according to University of Florida researchers in the March online edition of Molecular Therapy.
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