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RVX-208 Exploratory Study Illustrates Early Potential For Alzheimer's Disease

... to disorders of aging including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, arthritis and prostate cancer. The institute, together ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 10 2008 - 12:30pm - 0 attachments

The Politics of the Fruit Fly

... diseases, including behavior, aging disorders, Parkinson's, and Alzheimers Research into Drosophila genomics paved the ...

Blog Post - Michael Windelspecht - Oct 25 2008 - 10:16pm - 0 attachments

LRRK2 in the News

The recent announcement that Sergey Brin, the multibillionair co-founder of Google , has discovered that he possesses a genetic mutation that predisposes him to a form of Parkinson's disease has resulted in multiple stories in the news on the & ...

Blog Post - Michael Windelspecht - Oct 22 2008 - 10:29pm - 0 attachments

Cellular Glitch May Be A Clue In Parkinson's Disease

A glitch in the mechanism by which cells recycle damaged components may trigger Parkinson’s disease, according to a study by scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The research appears in The Journal of Clinical Inv ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2008 - 3:16pm - 0 attachments

Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant From Merck Serono To Research Projects On Cognitive Deficits In Parkinson's Di

... Funding for Preclinical and Clinical Research Projects in Parkinson's Disease-Related Cognitive Deficits and Mood Disorders The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) awarded a total of $2 million to five research ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 14 2008 - 3:30am - 0 attachments

Diamyd(R) Study Published In Prestigious New England Journal Of Medicine

... has also out-licensed the use of GAD for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Diamyd Medical has offices in Sweden and in the US. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 9 2008 - 12:34am - 0 attachments

AMT Obtains License To Amgen's GDNF Gene To Develop Treatment For Parkinson's Disease With AMT's Proprietary Gene Therapy Platfo

... gene for the development of a gene therapy treatment for Parkinson's disease. The combination of this gene with AMT's proprietary ... treatment for this progressive and crippling disease. Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. It ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 18 2008 - 1:31am - 0 attachments

New Synthetic Molecules Coax Stem Cells To Differentiate

... drugs for brain disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease. In contrast, EC19 was found to be particularly ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2008 - 9:32pm - 1 attachment

Spherics, Inc. Offers Once Daily Extended Release Formulation For Sustained And Stable Pramipexole Delivery

... improved version of a first and second line treatment for Parkinson's disease. Current global sales exceed US$700 million (approx. US$600 ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 2 2008 - 9:30am - 0 attachments

Extreme Makeover: Cell Edition

... where certain cells are lost or damaged, like diabetes or Parkinson's. Now, a truly exciting new study from the Harvard Stem Cell ... before this treatment is curing people from diabetes or Parkinson's. Melton explained, "We’ve made the target cell that we ...

Article - Matthew Brown - Aug 29 2008 - 9:52am - 1 attachment