Parkinson’s disease patient receives world first stem cell therapy
A patient with Parkinson’s has received a transplant treatment that uses reprogrammed cells to replace the neurons destroyed by this disease. This is a first in the world.
Stem cell therapy: a tool in the arsenal
Stem cell research is a relatively well-funded area of science and is one of the best understood branches of medicine that deals with aging. The progress of stem cell research in the past decade has been rapid. Scientists now have an array of cell types that they can create via cellular programming.
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https://www.leafscience.org/parkinsons-disease-patient-in-world-first-stem-cell-therapy/
