Are stem-cell therapies for parkinson's disease ready for clinical trials?
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 16:20
in Health & Medicine
As stem cell-based therapies are moving rapidly towards clinical trials, treatments for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), an incurable condition, may be on the horizon. A recent announcement of a Phase I/IIa clinical trial involving transplantation of stem cells into the first human subjects has raised hope among patients and sparked discussions in the research community.