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SUBMITTER: Parmar M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519227 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parmar Malin M Torper Olof O Drouin-Ouellet Janelle J
The European journal of neuroscience 20180909 4
This review describes the history, development, and evolution of cell-based replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD), from the first pioneering trials with fetal ventral midbrain progenitors to future trials using stem cells as well as reprogrammed cells. In the spirit of Tom Isaacs, the review takes parallels to the storyline of Star Wars, including the temptations from the dark side and the continuous fight for the light side of the Force. It is subdivided into headings based on the or ...[more]