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Parkinson's Spreads to Transplanted Cells

Disease found in healthy cells grafted to sufferers' brains

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 7, 2008 9:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – Transplanting healthy cells into the brains of people with Parkinson's alleviates symptoms, but sufferers showed signs of deterioration as the disease spread to the grafted cells, according to two studies in the journal Nature Medicine. Scientists in Sweden and Chicago discovered similar results in patients...   Read full story »

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