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. 2021 Apr 1;28(4):595-597.
doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2021.03.010.

A step closer to autologous cell therapy for Parkinson's disease

Jeffrey S Schweitzer  1 , Bin Song  2 , Kwang-Soo Kim  3
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A step closer to autologous cell therapy for Parkinson's disease

Jeffrey S Schweitzer et al. Cell Stem Cell. .

Abstract

In a recent report in Nature Medicine, Tao et al. (2021) demonstrate that MPTP-treated monkeys receiving autologous, but not allogeneic, transplantation showed significant long-term improvement in motor and depressive behaviors, supporting the feasibility of autologous cell therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD).

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Declaration of interests K.S.K. is a co-inventor of the US patent 9,657,273 and co-inventor of the US patent applications US 15/036,235 and US 16/483,107, which are owned by McLean Hospital.

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