1. Cell therapy in Parkinson's disease - stop or go?
- Author
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Dunnett SB, Björklund A, and Lindvall O
- Subjects
- Animals, Brain Tissue Transplantation adverse effects, Clinical Trials as Topic statistics & numerical data, Clinical Trials as Topic trends, Humans, Parkinson Disease pathology, Parkinson Disease physiopathology, Stem Cell Transplantation, Treatment Outcome, Brain Tissue Transplantation statistics & numerical data, Brain Tissue Transplantation trends, Parkinson Disease surgery
- Abstract
The results of the first double-blind placebo-controlled trial using grafts of embryonic tissue to treat Parkinson's disease have aroused widespread interest and debate about the future of cell replacement therapies. What are the key issues that need to be resolved and the directions in which this technology is likely to develop?
- Published
- 2001
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