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New growth factor indicates possible regenerative effects in Parkinson’s disease

Credit: Image courtesy of Lund University Science Today reports that researchers at Lund University and Karolinska Institutet have, in a first-in-human clinical study with twelve participating patients, applied a growth…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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