Parkinson’s Stem Cell trial brings cautious hope

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A new treatment for Parkinson’s disease being trialed out of the Royal Melbourne Hospital is bringing cautious hope to sufferers of the debilitating disease…

Neurological Stem Cells are injected into the patients brain in the hopes they will create new chemicals that will slow the progression…

The Wire’s Sean McDermott spoke to Dr Andrew Evans, Director of the Movement Disorders Program at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, to gain a better understanding of the trial…

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