Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Neural stem cells reduce Parkinson's symptoms in monkeys

Source: Yale University
Date: June 12, 2007

Summary:

New Haven, Conn.—Primates with severe Parkinson’s disease were able to walk, move, and eat better, and had diminished tremors after being injected with human neural stem cells, a research team from Yale, Harvard, the University of Colorado, and the Burnham Institute report today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.