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Structure of alpha synuclein fibrils exposed

University of Illinois chemists, collaborating with peers at the University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University and Queen Mary University of London, detailed their mapped structure of the protein alpha synuclein, in…

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Fungicide linked to neurodegenerative conditions

The 31 March issue of Science Daily reports that scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have found a class of commonly used fungicides that produce gene…

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Discovery puts designer dopamine neurons within reach

Science Daily reports that Parkinson’s disease researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have developed a way to ramp up the conversion…

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Stem cell study paves the way for patient therapies

Stem cells that have been specifically developed for use as clinical therapies are fit for use in patients, an independent study of their genetic makeup suggests. The research — which…

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Good Brain, Bad Brain

The University of Birmingham has created an online course about Parkinson’s, first made available in October 2015 and titled as above. It is one of three in a Good Brain,…

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Smelling Parkinson’s

Branch members may remember the request by Dr Tilo Kunath for volunteers to wear T-shirts overnight and submit them for testing by a supersniffer who can apparently detect Parkinsons by…

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