New iPSCs as a treatment for Parkinson
Our own cells might be used as treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Induced pluripotent stem cells {iPSCs} which taken from patient can be of great important
in treating many diseases especially Parkinson’s disease. iPSCs are genetically
reprogrammed cells to embryonic stem cell like which means these cells can be
differentiated into any of the body’s various cell types.
Studies on Rodents shows that iPSCs are destroyed by body’s immune response but studies
on monkeys disprove the results on rodents and iPSCs developed into neurons depleted by
Parkinson’s disease and produced only very little or negligible immune response. This
makes the possibility for a successful autologous transplantation in humans. This
transplantation made possible with minimal use of immunosuppressive drugs.
But Allogenic transplantation produces vast and great amount of immune response. Still
the studies goes on for other than neuronal cell growth and to makes this great finding in
all type of cell growth.