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Scientists Say Cure for Parkinson's Disease Right under Their Noses
By Peter J. Smith http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08061206.html SYDNEY, Australia, June 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - New research on stem-cell therapy shows scientists have found that the cure for Parkinson's disease may lie right under one's nose - or rather, in it. Researchers from Griffith University have published a study in the journal Stem Cells that has found adult stem-cells harvested from the noses of Parkinson's patients developed into dopamine-producing brain cells upon being transplanted into the brain of a lab rat. Professor Alan Mackay-Sim said researchers simulated Parkinson's symptoms in rats by creating lesions on one side of the rat's brain to imitate the damage Parkinson's disease wreaks on the human brain. The lesions caused the rats to run in circles; however when stem-cells from the noses of Parkinson's patients were injected into the affected area of the brain, the rats re-acquired the ability to run in a straight line. READ all...
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