Simon's monthly research review for October, and the current state-of-play regarding (pluripotent-) stem-cell-based therapy

[jeffreyn]

Simon's SoPD blog post reviewing PD research for the month of October is now available:

scienceofparkinsons.com/202...

He has highlighted a couple of articles on (pluripotent-) stem-cell-based therapy, that may be of interest.

Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Cell Therapy—Promise and Challenges:

cell.com/cell-stem-cell/ful...

Balancing Expectations for Success in Stem Cell-Based Clinical Trials for Parkinson’s Disease:

cell.com/cell-stem-cell/ful...

The second article is behind a paywall (PDF is $31.50).

[jeffreyn]

The first article (by Shinya Yamanaka) contains a link to the Trial Record (in Japanese and English) of the Kyoto University iPSC trial. The Trial Record gives the Recruitment Status of this trial as "suspended", but doesn't give the reason (i.e. COVID-19 or something else).

upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-...

[MBAnderson]

lots of interesting takeaways in this issue