Key player in Parkinson's disease neuron loss pinpointed

Friday, October 19, 2012 - 14:01 in Health & Medicine

By reprogramming skin cells from Parkinson's disease patients with a known genetic mutation, researchers have identified damage to neural stem cells as a powerful player in the disease. The findings may lead to new ways to diagnose and treat the disease.

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