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| Adult Stem Cell Findings Offer New Hope For Parkinson's Cure
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| New research provides evidence that a cure for Parkinson's disease could lie just inside the nose of patients themselves.
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June 6, 2008 |
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| Advanced MRI Studies Provide New Insight On Early Parkinson's Disease
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| Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain affecting movement, speech, mood, behavior, thinking and sensation for which there is no known cause or cure.
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April 22, 2008 |
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| Cell-based Therapy Shows Promise In Patients With Parkinson's Disease
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| A novel cell therapy using retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells attached to tiny gelatin bead microcarriers implanted in the brain can improve the symptoms of patients with moderate to advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). Rush University Medical Center neurosurgeon Dr. Roy A. E. Bakay and colleagues from Emory University, Atlanta found the therapy Spheramine was well-tolerated and patients experienced improvement in Parkinsonian symptoms (tremor, rigidity, slowness of movements, and impaired balance and coordination.)
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April 29, 2008 |
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| Cholesterol in Parkinson's disease
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| In 2006, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers published a study that found people with low levels of LDL cholesterol are more likely to have Parkinson's disease than people with high LDL levels.
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April 7, 2008 |
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| Cloned stem cells successful in treating Parkinson's disease
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| Scientists in the U.S. have had success in treating Parkinson's disease in mice by using cloned stem cells.
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March 24, 2008 |
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| Cloning treats mouse Parkinson's
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| Therapeutic cloning has been successfully used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice, US researchers say.
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March 23, 2008 |
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| Cough Medicine Fights Dyskinesias In Parkinson's
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| A cough suppressant and a drug tested as a schizophrenia therapy curb the involuntary movements that are disabling side effects of taking the Parkinson's disease medication levodopa.
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November 9, 2007 |
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| Could Parkinson's Disease Risk Be Assessed Early Enough To Allow For Preventative Treatment?
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| A new study demonstrates that high levels of MAO-B, an enzyme that regulates nerve activity in the brain, cause Parkinson's-like symptoms in mice genetically engineered to overexpress the protein. Furthermore, drugs currently used as an adjunct therapy for Parkinson's in humans prevented the development of Parkinson's symptoms in these same animals.
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February 22, 2008 |
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| Deep Brain Pacemaker Offers Hope For Parkinson's Sufferers: 'Cross Fire' From Brain Makes Patients Tremble
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| A typical symptom of Parkinson's disease is tremor in patients. A group of scientists, including Professor Peter Tass from Forschungszentrum Jülich have succeeded in demonstrating the mechanisms which cause the so-called tremor: neuron clusters in the depths of the brain drive the tremor.
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July 14, 2008 |
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| Deep brain stimulation may improve memory
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| Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, which is used to treat Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, is now being studied for its potential to treat a variety of conditions.
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February 4, 2008 |
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| Depletion Of One Antioxidant Linked To Parkinson's In Mice
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| Scientists at the Buck Institute have shown that mice suffering from a depletion of the antioxidant glutathione in dopamine-producing neurons developed nerve damage and symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in humans.
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December 21, 2007 |
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| Elevated Urate Levels May Slow The Progression Of Parkinson's Disease
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| Naturally elevated levels of the antioxidant urate may slow the progression of Parkinson's disease in men. Researchers from the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH-MIND) and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) examined data from an earlier study and found that, among recently diagnosed Parkinson's patients, those with the highest urate levels had a significantly slower rate of disease progression during the two-year study period.
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April 15, 2008 |
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| Electrode Re-implantation Helps Some Parkinson's Disease Patients
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| A study of seven patients with Parkinson's disease suggests that those who have poor results following implantation of electrodes to stimulate the brain may benefit from additional surgery to correct the electrode placement
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May 13, 2008 |
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| First Diagnostic Test For Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Disease On The Horizon
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| Manufacturer, Oklahoma-based proteomics company, Power3 Medical Products, said it plans to sell the test, NuroPro, which would be the first diagnostic test for neurodegenerative diseases on the market, in Greece by Q3 with further plans for it to go on the US market by late Q3 or Q4."
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April 7, 2008 |
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| Gene Abnormality Tied To Getting Parkinson's Disease At A Younger Age
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| People with a certain gene mutation are more likely to get Parkinson's disease before the age of 50 compared to those without the gene abnormality.
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September 17, 2007 |
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| Gene that lowers cell stress could protect against Parkinson's disease
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| The discovery of a relationship between two cell enzymes and their role in keeping the cell's energy generating machinery working smoothly could provide a new target for development of therapies for Parkinson's disease (PD).
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October 1, 2007 |
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| Gene therapy treats Parkinson's
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| An experimental form of gene therapy for Parkinson's disease has been shown to produce promising results.
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November 20, 2007 |
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| Green Tea May Protect Brain Cells Against Parkinson's Disease
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| Does the consumption of green tea, widely touted to have beneficial effects on health, also protect brain cells? Authors of a new study being published in the December 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry share new data that indicates this may be the case.
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December 14, 2007 |
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| High Blood Pressure Pill Cuts Risk Of Parkinson's Disease
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| People taking a widely used group of drugs known as calcium channel blockers to treat high blood pressure also appear to be cutting their risk of Parkinson's disease, according to a new study.
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February 9, 2008 |
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| Identification Of Dopamine 'Mother Cells' Could Lead To Future Parkinson's Treatments
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| Mother cells which produce the neurons affected by Parkinson's disease have been identified by scientists, according to new research published in the journal Glia.
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April 9, 2008 |
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| Impaired Sense Of Smell May Be Early Indicator Of Parkinson's Disease
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| Impaired sense of smell occurs in the earliest stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) and there is mounting evidence that it may precede motor symptoms by several years, although no large-scale studies had confirmed this.
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March 21, 2008 |
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| Loss Of Two Types Of Neurons Triggers Parkinson's Symptoms
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| New evidence indicates that the loss of two types of brain cells--not just one as previously thought--may trigger the onset of symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease.
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August 14, 2007 |
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| Neural Cell Transplants May Help Those With Parkinson's Disease
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| The current issue of CELL TRANSPLANTATION (Vol. 17:4) features a number of publications by researchers seeking new ways to treat Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurological disease characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor and slowed physical movements related to insufficient levels of dopamine (DA) in the basal ganglia of the brain, by using primate models to examine the potential therapy role of transplanted cells.
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May 22, 2008 |
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| New insights on early Parkinson's provided by advanced MRI
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| Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain affecting movement, speech, mood, behavior, thinking and sensation for which there is no known cause or cure.
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April 17, 2008 |
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| New Parkinson's disease research points to serotonin
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| For most people with Parkinson's disease, the only relief from the tremors, rigidity and impaired movement associated with the progressive loss of their motor skills is a drug called L-DOPA.
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February 4, 2008 |
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| Nicotine Eases Symptoms of Parkinson's
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| Nicotine may ease the often-debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease, according to a study released Wednesday.
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October 25, 2007 |
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| Nose stem cells used to treat Parkinson's
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| Scientists in Queensland, Australia have made a major breakthrough in research into Parkinson's disease.
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June 9, 2008 |
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| Occupational Therapists Use Wii For Parkinson's Study
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| This baseball game's not taking place on a field, and there's no real bat or ball to be seen. Mrs. Bell is playing the Nintendo Wii as part of her occupational therapy.
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April 7, 2008 |
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| Out-of-whack Protein May Boost Parkinson's Disease
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| Scientists studying rats induced to display a form of Parkinson's disease discovered that a protein commonly found in brain cells can be toxic if -- at one pinpoint location in its amino acid structure -- it lacks a chemical compound called a phosphate.
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February 27, 2008 |
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| Over-the-counter Pain Medications May Reduce Risk Of Parkinson's Disease
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| Over-the-counter pain medications known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may reduce a person's risk of Parkinson's disease.
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November 6, 2007 |
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| Parkinson transplants survive at least 16 years
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| Transplanted cells can survive in the brain for over one and half decade. However, some of the transplanted cells developed Parkinson-like features which is very surprising.
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April 9, 2008 |
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| Parkinson's Sufferers May Be More Impulsive
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| Your brain is supposed to fire a "hold your horses" signal when faced with a tough choice. But a brain implant that stops the tremors of Parkinson's disease may block that signal - a new explanation for why some Parkinson's patients become hugely impulsive.
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October 26, 2007 |
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| Relatives of patients with Parkinson's disease may have an increased risk of developing dementia
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| Parkinson's disease is characterized by a decline in the functions of the central nervous system, such as motor skills and speech. Several studies have shown an increased risk of dementia in first-degree relatives of Parkinson's disease patients, while other studies have not confirmed the association, according to background information in the article.
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October 9, 2007 |
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| Replacing The Cells Lost In Parkinson Disease
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| Parkinson disease (PD) is caused by the progressive degeneration of brain cells known as dopamine (DA) cells.
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December 5, 2007 |
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| Reprogrammed Cells Reduce Parkinson's Symptoms In Rats
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| Neurons derived from reprogrammed adult skin cells successfully integrated into fetal mouse brains and reduced symptoms in a Parkinson's disease rat model, according to a new study.
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April 8, 2008 |
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| Researchers establish risk factors for Parkinson's disease
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| Now they want to know if a smell test can help determine if people with no symptoms eventually develop the disease.
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January 8, 2008 |
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| Sea Creatures Could Help Parkinson's Patients
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| People suffering from Parkinson's disease may one day be able to benefit from a brain implant, thanks to the response of a startled sea creature; it is being reported by the BBC News.
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March 7, 2008 |
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| Study: Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease
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| Omega-3 fatty acids, already known for improving heart health, are now being credited for protecting the brain against Parkinson's disease, according to a study by Université Laval researchers in Canada.
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November 27, 2007 |
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| Therapeutic Cloning Treats Parkinson's Disease In Mice
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| Research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has shown that therapeutic cloning, also known as somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), can be used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice.
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March 24, 2008 |
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| Treatment Improves Walking Ability Of Parkinson's Patients
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| People suffering from Parkinson's are prone to tripping and falling because they have difficulty picking up their feet consistently, as well as starting and maintaining walking. Although it has been widely observed that visual and auditory cues and cognitive strategies can improve walking ability in Parkinson's sufferers, this study marks the first time that FES has been considered as an aid.
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June 3, 2008 |
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