Ole Isacson

Ole Isacson and colleagues reported that dopamine-producing neurons (pictured) derived from the skin cells of primates survived for more than two years after implantation into one of the animals. Isacson noted that the animal was “able to move as fast...

Finding may lead to transplanting dopamine neurons taken from stem cells grown in labs Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at McLean Hospital have found that fetal dopamine cells transplanted into the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease were...

A nationwide consortium of scientists at 20 institutions, led by a principal faculty member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), has used stem cells to take a major step toward developing personalized medicine to treat Parkinson’s disease. In part...

HSCI scientists have developed new ways to identify, grow, sort, and transplant the dopamine-producing cells that are lost in Parkinson’s disease. Additionally, they have learned how to identify and remove unwanted cells prior to transplantation, such as...