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Article: Researchers cured mice with a version of Parkinson's disease by treating them with brain cells made from clones of their own skin cells.(RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)
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- MondayMorning
- Article date:
- March 31, 2008
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Researchers cured mice with a version of Parkinson's disease by treating them with brain cells made from clones of their own skin cells. The researchers employed nuclear transfer, which involves swapping genetic material from one individual into an egg cell belonging to another. The same procedure was used to create Dolly the sheep, one of the first animals produced by cloning. The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine (3/23), offer a glimpse into how the cloning technique might one day be used to develop therapies, as opposed to making copies of an individual. There are still hurdles to clear before the technique could be used in people with Parkinson's ...