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

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