Cloned brain cells may help cure Parkinsonism

  • 28/04/1998

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

Researchrs have said they had created a possible new source for treating Parkinson's patients - the brain cells of cloned cattle. Brain cells from cattle fetuses were genetically engineered, then cloned and injected into rats with Parkinson's Disease. The treatment seemed to reduce the symptoms in the rats, the researchers reported in the journal Nature Medicine.