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COMMENT These data add to our confidence that cell therapy might re-emerge as a potentially useful therapy in PD following the disappointments of two double-blind trials. In this latest paper, Dr. Isacson has shown that transplanted fetal dopaminergic cells remai

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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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UCL Institute of Neurology
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Fetal Dopamine Grafts for Parkinson’s Remain Healthy After a Decade

RESEARCH NEWS 2014-06-17 Research News After falling out of favor for a decade, cell replacement therapy for Parkinson’s disease appears poised to stage a comeback. The reason? Evidence of long-term survival of grafted fetal dopaminergic neurons. In the June 26 Cell Reports, rese

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