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Friday, November 9, 2012

Virtual Team Parkinson's Research: Skin Cells

Dr. Jack Harless
Team Captain




Team Parkinson’s currently has 15 members. This week we looked at brand new study published in Nature, (Oct. 17th), that looked at reprogramming skin cells from Parkinson's disease patients with a known genetic mutation. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified damage to neural stem cells as a powerful player in the disease. The findings may lead to new ways to diagnose and treat the disease.




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