The SoPD Website for keeping up to date with research
Thanks to Martin Taylor for pointing us to a fantastic website entitled “The Science of Parkinson’s disease” run by a group of enthusiasts in Cambridge. They aim to explain the…
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Homing System Delivers Drugs to Specific Neurons
Science Daily reports today (6 April 2017) that biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a way to deliver drugs to specific types of neurons in the brain, providing an…
Warren Gatland and Gavin Hastings visit Tilo’s Lab
Warren Gatland, Head Coach of the British & Irish Lions, and Gavin Hastings, former Scotland Captain & Lion, visited Tilo Kunath’s lab in the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine to…
Possible new test for Parkinson’s
On Saturday 14th January 2017, Dr Alison Green, Reader at the National Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Research and Surveillance Unit in the University of Edinburgh, gave a fascinating talk on her…
Can Parkinson’s be treated with ultrasound?
An article in the Columbus Dispatch by JoAnne Viviano on Saturday December 24, 2016, reports as follows: Ron Nickelson practiced tongue twisters Friday from his hospital bed at Ohio State…
Single protein may hold secret to treating Parkinson’s
According to Science Daily (26.12.2016) new details learned about a key cellular protein could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).…