Source: Bloomberg News
Posted: October 23, 2006
Summary:
Rats with the type of brain-cell loss found in Parkinson's disease were cured within weeks by transplants of neurons made from embryonic stem cells, scientists report in the online journal Nature Medicine. The finding was tempered by the discovery that the transplants gave rise to noncancerous tumors, according to the report by a team at Cornell University and the University of Rochester.
Commentary: This discovery could eventually lead to and effective stem cell treatment for Parkson's Disease in humans If researchers can eliminate the cancerous tumors created by the stem cell transplant and be successfully replicated in humans with Parkinson's Disease.
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