San Diegans Hope to Take Part in Parkinson's Study

... neurons, which are destroyed by Parkinson's disease. Jeanne Loring, Ph.D., Director of the Center of Stem Cell Research at the Scripps Research Institute said similar work has been done in the past. "There was work done in the 1980s and early 1990s ...

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