Parkinson’s disease
by Debbie Lee
cell replacement therapy
dopamine effects
Parkinson’s disease has no cure, but in 2025 some clinical trials are showing positive early signs from transplantation. To confirm lasting benefits on dopamine production and improved motor control, more research is needed. Lab-grown neuron trials are reaping benefits from earlier fetal / foetal tissue proof-of-concept studies.
Further reading:
‘The stem cell race to rewire the Parkinson’s brain’, 2025, Busch, M., ScienceNews.dk, available: https://sciencenews.dk/en/the-stem-cell-race-to-rewire-the-parkinsons-brain
‘Patterning effects of FGF17 and cAMP on generation of dopaminergic progenitors for cell replacement therapy in Parkinson’s disease’, 2025, Holm Nygaard, A., et al., Stem Cells, available: https://doi.org/10.1093/stmcls/sxaf004
Author bio:
Debbie Lee (@lee_debbie):
Writing from places light and dark,
awkward data nerd,
elegant word nerd,
dreaming in colour,
clumsily balancing love, hope,
kindness with pragmatic realism.