Are Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease Ready for the Clinic in 2016?

Proof of Concept Studies Exploring the Safety and Functional Activity of Human Parthenogenetic-Derived Neural Stem Cells for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

(2015) Rodolfo Gonzalez et al.   CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Cell-based therapies for Parkinson disease—past insights and future potential

(2015) Roger A. Barker et al.   Nature Reviews Neurology

Developing Stem Cell Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease: Waiting Until the Time Is Right

(2014) Roger A. Barker   Cell Stem Cell

Human ESC-Derived Dopamine Neurons Show Similar Preclinical Efficacy and Potency to Fetal Neurons when Grafted in a Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease

(2014) Shane Grealish et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Fetal-cell revival for Parkinson’s

(2014) Alison Abbott   NATURE

Regulation of stem cell therapies under attack in Europe: for whom the bell tolls

(2013) Paolo Bianco et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Scientific and ethical issues related to stem cell research and interventions in neurodegenerative disorders of the brain

(2013) Roger A. Barker et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Deriving dopaminergic neurons for clinical use. A practical approach

(2013) Rodolfo Gonzalez et al.   Scientific Reports

Long-term Clinical Outcome of Fetal Cell Transplantation for Parkinson Disease

(2013) Zinovia Kefalopoulou et al.   JAMA Neurology

Fetal dopaminergic transplantation trials and the future of neural grafting in Parkinson's disease

(2012) Roger A Barker et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Generation of Regionally Specified Neural Progenitors and Functional Neurons from Human Embryonic Stem Cells under Defined Conditions

(2012) Agnete Kirkeby et al.   Cell Reports

Intrastriatal transplantation of microcarrier-bound human retinal pigment epithelial cells versus sham surgery in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial

(2011) Robert E Gross et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Dopamine Cell Implantation in Parkinson's Disease: Long-Term Clinical and 18F-FDOPA PET Outcomes

(2009) Y. Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Striatal progenitors derived from human ES cells mature into DARPP32 neurons in vitro and in quinolinic acid-lesioned rats

(2008) L. Aubry et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA