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He says it takes just the right mix of chemicals to produce a neuron that makes dopamine. STUDER: Took us nearly 10 years to figure out the recipe, how to make specifically those dopamine cells.

PET scans taken 18 months later showed that the transplanted cells were producing dopamine. An assessment using a standard rating scale of Parkinson's progression suggested the treatment was also ...

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He says it takes just the right mix of chemicals to produce a neuron that makes dopamine. STUDER: Took us nearly 10 years to figure out the recipe, how to make specifically those dopamine cells.

As in the U.S. and Canadian study, the transplanted cells produced dopamine and the patients appeared to see their symptoms decrease. No patient in either study experienced a serious adverse event.