Transplants of stem-cell-grown neurons repair Parkinson’s damage in mice

Stem cells are a promising experimental treatment for a variety of diseases. Now researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that transplanting neurons grown from stem cells into the brains of mice with Parkinson’s disease repaired the damaged brain circuits, improving the animals’ motor skills.In people afflicted with Parkinson’s, neurons that produce dopamine begin [...]

Published September 30, 2020 at 02:04AM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal.