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An Integrated Study Towards Curing Neurodegenerative Disorders Using Materials Science And Stem Cell-Based Tissue Engineering Approaches, Nishat Tasnim

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Neurodegenerative diseases affect around one billion people globally that are characterized by irreversible degeneration of brain tissues. These diseases cause serious effects on patients degrading their brain functions and causing enormous physical and mental health issues. Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions of people worldwide which results from loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the mid-brain. Unfortunately, no medical treatment is effective to date for these significant brain disorders, except some symptomatic therapies only focusing on improving the quality of patient's life.

Two current approaches hold great promise in targeting PD as well …