Japan stem cell researchers claim success in Parkinson's treatment

Therapy said to grow healthy nerve cells to improve patients' motor function

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Jun Takahashi, whose center conducted the trials, said the results were "only a step along the way." (Photo by Yuki Misumi)

YUKI MISUMI

OSAKA -- Japanese researchers have reported promising results in clinical trials of a treatment for Parkinson's disease using iPS cells, which may one day lead to more substantial improvements in symptoms.

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