News tagged with parkinson's disease
Bacteria disarmer activates fiber formation in Parkinson's protein
(PhysOrg.com) -- The same substance that hampers the infection capability of bacteria can hasten the fiber formation of the protein that is involved in the development of Parkinson’s disease. The study shows how important ...
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Fighting Parkinson's with carbon nanoparticles
One of the problems affecting the human nervous system is dopamine deficiency. But testing of dopamine concentration is costly and requires sophisticated equipment not available in a doctor's office. Enter ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Coffee could offer key ingredient for new treatments for Parkinson's disease
Scientists from Heptares Therapeutics have used Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility, to understand the structure of a protein involved in Parkinson’s disease and other neurological ...
Sep 05, 2011 |
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Researchers find new clues about protein linked to Parkinson's disease
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have uncovered structural clues about the protein linked to Parkinson's disease (PD), which ultimately could lead to finding a cure ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Similarities cause protein misfolding
A large number of illnesses stem from misfolded proteins, molecules composed of amino acids. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now studied protein misfolding using a special spectroscopic technique. ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Novel association between Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer
University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have found compelling evidence that Parkinson's disease is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer and melanoma, and that this increased cancer risk also extends ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Scientists build Parkinson's disease in a dish to study cells' death
Until now, there have been no witnesses to the death of brain cells in people with Parkinson's disease. And like any murder mystery, this has slowed the search for the killer.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Study finds promising clue to mechanism behind gene mutation that causes Parkinson's disease
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a way that mutations in a gene called LRRK2 may cause the most common inherited form of Parkinson's disease. The study, published online this month in the journal ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Research may lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders
A group of scientists at Marshall University is conducting research that may someday lead to new treatments for repair of the central nervous system.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 25, 2011 |
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First successful double-blind trial of gene therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease
A multi-center gene therapy trial for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease demonstrated reduced symptoms of the progressive movement disorder, according to a new study published in Lancet Neurology. The study ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Gene therapy reverses symptoms of Parkinson's disease
A gene therapy called NLX-P101 dramatically reduces movement impairment in Parkinson's patients, according to results of a Phase 2 study published today in the journal Lancet Neurology. The approach introduces a gene into t ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Vitamin D insufficiency high among patients with early Parkinson disease
Patients with a recent onset of Parkinson disease have a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency, but vitamin D concentrations do not appear to decline during the progression of the disease, according to a report in the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Abnormal neural activity recorded from the deep brain of Parkinson's disease and dystonia patients
Movement disorders such as Parkinson's diseases and dystonia are caused by abnormal neural activity of the basal ganglia located deep in the brain. The basal ganglia are connected to the cerebral cortex in the brain surface ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Researchers find drug that stops progression of Parkinson's disease in mice
In a major breakthrough in the battle against Parkinson's disease, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a drug that stops the progression of the degenerative illness in mice and is ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Research study explores gene therapy treatment to reduce symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Physicians at Rush University Medical Center are testing a unique gene therapy product called CERE-120 to evaluate if its use can improve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Rush is one of 11 sites in the U.S. and the only ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 08, 2011 |
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