Date: June 25, 2020
Source: University of California - San Diego
Summary:
Researchers have discovered that a single treatment to inhibit a gene called PTB in mice converts native astrocytes, brain support cells, into neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. As a result, the mice's Parkinson's disease symptoms disappear.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200625102540.htm