BBC News reports UB breakthrough in the genetics of Parkinson's disease

By Sara Saldi

Release Date: February 8, 2012 This content is archived.

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An article on BBC News reports UB scientists have successfully made human brain cells in the lab that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease, a breakthrough that will allow them to see how mutations in the parkin gene cause the disease in approximately one in 10 patients with Parkinson's.

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