Swedish scientists tested a cocktail of molecules in mice with Parkinson-like symptoms.
After treatment, the mice’s symptoms appeared to improve.
The revolutionary approach may overtake brain cell transplants, which was previously thought to be the only hope of a cure.
According to study author Dr Ernest Arenas, this new treatment will not require the immune system-suppressing drugs needed in transplants.
The therapy makes dopamine-producing cells from those already in the brain, meaning patients will not reject them, which is a risk with transplants, he said.Weiterlesen »brain cells could be reprogrammed to replicate those lost