One-time treatment generates new neurons, eliminates Parkinson's disease in mice

One-time treatment generates new neurons, eliminates Parkinson's disease in mice

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Researchers have discovered that a single treatment to inhibit a gene called PTB in mice converts native astrocytes, brain support cells, into neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. As a result, the mice's Parkinson's disease symptoms disappear.

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