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…
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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…
Publication by Branch Members in “Regenerative Medicine”
We are pleased to report that an invited paper entitled Adventures with Parkinson’s: empowering Parkinson’s patients to become active partners in research and treatment has been published in a special…
Focused ultrasound shows promise for treating Parkinson’s tremor
Science Daily reports that an initial test to determine if a scalpel-free form of brain surgery can reduce tremor caused by Parkinson’s disease has produced encouraging results. Further research is…
Ben Stecher’s blog tackles cell replacement therapy
Ben Stecher was in Edinburgh earlier this year on a fact-finding trip on current research into Parkinson’s and wrote up his experiences in his blog. Now he has written an…
Diabetes Drug Improves Parkinson’s Motor Symptoms in Small Trial
From Alzforum : 17 Aug 2017 August brought some welcome news for the Parkinson’s community: results from a Phase 2 clinical trial suggested the diabetes drug exenatide halted the…