Health Parkinsons

Neurosurgeon Girish Nair and neurologist Andrew Evans holding a model of the patient’s skull

Neurosurgeon Girish Nair and neurologist Andrew Evans holding a model of the patient’s skull Source: SBS

An Australian man has become the world's first person to receive a new stem-cell procedure which, it is hoped, could cure Parkinson's disease. Medical researchers at The Royal Melbourne Hospital have injected the cells into the man's brain as part of a clinical trial.



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