Improving cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease

(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Researchers describe a new set of cell surface markers on dopaminergic progenitor cells, which allow isolation of a more beneficial population of induced neurons for cell replacement therapy. Animals that received transplanted cells that had been selected for the new marker fared better than their counterparts with a typical transplant.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news