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Researching new treatments

Parkinson’s disease is a devastating disorder caused by cells dying in a part of the brain involved in the control of movement. Despite extensive research, we lack drugs that can slow down or cure the disease. Neuroscientist Patrick Lewis describes recent advances in genetics and cell biology that are giving hope for new treatments

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Figure 1 The human brain, showing the location of the substantia nigra in the midbrain

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