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Transplanted brain cells hold promise for Parkinson's disease

12-04-2006 · EurekAlert!

Transplanted neural stem cells hold promise for reducing the destruction of dopaminergic cells that occurs in Parkinson's disease and for replacing cells lost to the disease, scientists say.

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