Researchers turn skin cells into brain cells, a promising path to better Parkinson's treatment
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 11:04
in Health & Medicine
Using adult stem cells, researchers say they have generated the type of human neuron specifically damaged by Parkinson's disease (PD) and used various drugs to stop the damage. Their experiments on cells in the laboratory could speed the search for new drugs to treat the incurable neurodegenerative disease, but also, they say, may lead them back to better ways of using medications that previously failed in clinical trials.