Lived Experience Survey – ACTION NEEDED
An important message from Becky Duff, Chair of the Neurological Alliance of Scotland. Following on from the last members’ update, the Lived Experience survey is here! This work is essential…
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CANCELLATION of ERIG Talk Scheduled for Saturday 3rd March
Please be aware that the ERIG talk by Professor W Gedroyc scheduled for Saturday 3rd March has been CANCELLED because of the adverse weather conditions. We plan to re-schedule the…
Role of Calcium in PD
Science Daily reports that researchers have found that excess levels of calcium in brain cells may lead to the formation of toxic clusters that are the hallmark of Parkinson’s disease.…
Joy Milne stars in BBC programme
Members will be familiar with the story of Joy Milne, the woman who claimed to be able to detect people with Parkinson’s by their body odour. The BBC has made…
ERIG talks by Tilo Kunath and Leona Braund
On Saturday 2nd December, at the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Dr Tilo Kunath, who leads a research group in the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, gave a talk entitled…
Stem cells – the Future: an introduction to iPS cells
The EuroStemCell consortium has produced a really excellent 16-minute video telling the story of the extraordinary discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells. You can watch it by clicking on the…