06 Stopping Disease Progression: Growth factors

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Special Guest: Jeffrey Kordower, PhD
Another once promising disease-modifying strategy involves using growth-factors to revive weakened dopamine neurons. But recent research suggests that at diagnosis the neural damage may be so advanced that there may not be many neurons left to rescue.

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