University of Louisville researchers hoping to find a cure
for Parkinson's disease have discovered an unlikely potential treatment — stem
cells from the human nose.
Videos from a laboratory at Louisville reveal the promise:
One shows a rat with a brain damaged to mimic Parkinson's continually circling
the bottom of a bowl in one direction, unable to do anything else. Another
shows a similar rat injected with nasal stem cells moving normally and trying
to climb out.
The research — which uses an adult patient's own cells —
is outlined in this month's issue of the journal Stem Cells Translational
Medicine.
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