Stem-cell therapy for Parkinson’s shows ‘strong promise’ in relieving symptoms
With around one million people living with Parkinson’s disease in the U.S. — and 90,000 getting new diagnoses each year — the race is on for a cure.Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have announced progress on that front — they have developed a new therapy that uses stem cells to treat advanced Parkinson’s.In the phase 1 trial, the researchers used donated stem cells (taken from early-stage embryos) […]
