What procedure has improved the effectiveness of brain grafts for treatment of Parkinson’s disease?

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What procedure has improved the effectiveness of brain grafts for treatment of Parkinson’s disease?

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A condition in which the central nervous system affects movement, often including tremors called Parkinson's disease. Nerve cell damage in the brain causes dopamine levels to drop, leading to symptoms of Parkinson's.

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Symptoms of Parkinson's disease including tremor in one hand, slow movement, stiffness, and loss of balance. Causes are genes, environmental triggers. Risk factors involve age, heredity, sex, and exposure to a toxin. Complications include thinking difficulties, depression, and emotional, nausea, sore throat, pain, swelling.
Treatment of Parkinson's disease by using cell transplantation- a recent development in the field, long-lasting improvement of motor function is the best result of this treatment. Use of cell sorting to eliminate tumor-forming cells to improve safety. One strategy to avoid graft-induced dyskinesia could be to minimize the number of serotonergic neurons in the implants. This one is most suitable for the patient with dopaminergic neurons derived from stem cells or reprogrammed cells and also it has a chance of therapeutic benefit.

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