Tag: Stem Cells

People with Parkinson’s and families often ask about stem cells as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Since stem cells can be turne...

Star-shaped cells called astrocytes perform many duties in the brain, but their latest trick could replace dopamine cells lost in Parkinson’s diseas...

A team of neurologists, neurosurgeons and stem cell biologists from across multiple institutions reported results of a stem cell trial involving one p...

Research on stem cells and Parkinson’s is incredibly active — scientists are using stem cells to learn about disease and develop treatments, and t...

Last week, a team at Kyoto University in Japan announced plans to begin a clinical trial using stems cells to treat Parkinson’s disease. Though re...

A new stem cell study, published in the journal Nature, builds on the potential for this therapy in Parkinson’s, but it’s still early days and mu...