Transplantation of Embryonic Dopamine Neurons for Severe Parkinson's Disease

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Authors

Curt R. Freed · University of Colorado Denver

Paul Greene · Columbia University

Robert E. Breeze · University of Colorado Denver

Wei‐Yann Tsai · Columbia University

William DuMouchel

Richard Kao · Columbia University

Sandra Dillon · Columbia University

Abstract

Human embryonic dopamine-neuron transplants survive in patients with severe Parkinson's disease and result in some clinical benefit in younger but not in older patients.

Topics & Keywords

Neurological disorders and treatments Nerve injury and regeneration Pluripotent Stem Cells Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 344, Issue 10, pp. 710-719

DOI: 10.1056/nejm200103083441002

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