Scientists Pinpoint Key Player in Parkinson's Disease Neuron Loss
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
By reprogramming skin cells from Parkinson's disease patients with a known genetic mutation, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified damage to neural stem cells as a powerful player in the disease. The findings, reported online October 17th in Nature, may lead to new ways to diagnose and treat the disease.