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... of stem cell-generated neurons as a treatment for Parkinson's disease.  Parkinson's, which affect as many 10 million people in the world, is linked to ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2015 - 9:41am - 0 attachments

... slow the development of disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.  If you are going to get Parkinson's, you won't know for 20 years, so it is better to start preventing ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2015 - 5:20pm - 0 attachments

... using stem cells derived from patients who have  Parkinson's disease (PD) has confirmed for the first time what scientists have ... most common mutation linked to both sporadic and familial Parkinson's disease (PD) wreaks its havoc by altering the function of ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2015 - 1:11pm - 0 attachments

... million people suffering from Alzheimer's (1 million with Parkinson's), while in the UK this number is reaching 1 million. Just in the ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Mar 23 2015 - 9:22pm - 0 attachments

The Breakthrough Prize has opened nominations period for its 2016 prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics until May 31st, 2015. The Breakthrough Prizes will recognize top scientists as well as promising junior researchers. The big ...

Event - Hank Campbell - Mar 23 2015 - 9:47am - 0 attachments

Reports that honey bees are dying in unusually high numbers has concerned many scientists, farmers and beekeepers, and  gripped the public. There have been thousands of stories ricocheting across the web, citing one study or another as the defini ...

Article - Jon Entine - Mar 17 2015 - 11:41am - 0 attachments

... you watched "The West Wing" back then, you were assured Parkinson's Disease would be cured by 2014 if Republicans got out of the way ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 12 2015 - 11:53am - 0 attachments

... by this study has implications for studying diseases like Parkinson's, which afflicts the nervous system. The virus stains ... everywhere as was expected. Credit: OIST In a human Parkinson's patient, the neostriatum is depleted of the messenger chemical ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2015 - 6:02pm - 0 attachments

... or progression of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Researchers led by the Division of Rheumatology, ... that has been employed to prevent progression of PD [Parkinson's disease] may be warranted for this relatively common and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2015 - 1:49pm - 0 attachments

... intake has been associated with a reduced risk of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, and our study shows that coffee intake ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2015 - 5:00pm - 0 attachments