Systematic ReviewInternational Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Publication: A new area of stem cell therapy for Parkinson disease
Int J Community Med Public Health. 2020;7(11):4615-4618.DOI10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20204402
Abstract
No treatment currently can be used in order to slow or even stop the progression of Parkinson's disease. Nowadays, researchers are already using stem cells to grow dopamine-producing nerve cells in the lab so that they can study the disease, especially in those cases where there is a known genetic cause for the condition. The development of the advanced cellular therapies and using induced pluripotent stem cells is making it possible to combat the progression of the disease without the resulting motor complications. It has been shown that the transplantation of many cell sources leads to reduce Parkinson’s disease symptoms in animal models.
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- Department of Medicine, Consultant Family Medicine
- Department of Medicine, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medicine, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medicine, Jeddah University, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medicine, Umm Alqura, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medicine, Alfarabi college of medicine, Saudi Arabia