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Nanoparticles Reverse Parkinson's in Mice by Healing Damaged Dopamine Cells


Stimulating dopamine-producing brain cells wirelessly with gold nanoparticles has proven effective at treating mice with Parkinson's disease, even reversing a portion of their neurological damage.

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