Open AccessCell Therapies for Parkinson's Disease
Author(s) -
Irion Stefan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical and translational science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1752-8062
pISSN - 1752-8054
DOI - 10.1111/cts.12612
Subject(s) - parkinson's disease , disease , medicine , medline , bioinformatics , neuroscience , intensive care medicine , psychology , biology , biochemistry
Today we can treat many diseases symptomatically using both small molecules and biologics, and although effective, our repertoire of medicines that focuses on treating the cause of the disease is limited. Few therapeutic approaches have been designed to truly restore function. If done right, they can be very effective, often bringing lifelong therapeutic benefit to the patient. In this commentary, we will discuss how these principles are applied to living cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease.