New therapeutic principle for dyskinesia shows clinical effect
Involuntary dyskinetic movements induced by treatment with levodopa (L-dopa) are a common problem for people with Parkinson’s disease. Science Today reports that researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in…
Drug candidates may block cell death in Parkinson’s disease
Science Daily reports that in a pair of related studies, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown their drug candidates can target biological pathways…
Talk by Julie Jones
Julie Jones, lecturer in Physiotherapy at Robert Gordon University, gave a spell-binding presentation entitled Physiotherapy – are we walking in the right direction? on Saturday 24 January, 2015, at the…
Portable stimulator being tested on Parkinson’s patients
Credit: Image courtesy of University of Gothenburg A weak electric ‘noise’ can improve balance and motor skills in patients with Parkinson’s disease, researchers have demonstrated. In cooperation with NASA, a…
Visit to Parkure
On 7th January 2015 a group of six members of the Edinburgh Research Interest Group visited the start-up company, Parkure. We met the CEO, Dr Lysimachos Zografos, 32, an Athens-born…
Stem Cells from Adult Nose Tissue Used to Cure Parkinson’s Disease in Rats
Scientists have for the first time used adult human stem cells to “cure” rats with Parkinson’s. The study, published in the current issue of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine, details how…
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