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…
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).…
Dr Alison Green is a Reader at the National Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Research and Surveillance Unit in the University of Edinburgh. She has kindly agreed to give a talk on…
A new investigational drug, MSDC-0160, originally developed for type 2 diabetes is being readied for human clinical trials in search of the world’s first treatment to impede the progression of…
Herantis Pharma, a Finnish pharmaceutical company, has announced the first clinical trial of a new treatment for Parkinson’s. The study, due to start next year, will use a state of…
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Japanese biologist, Yoshinori Ohsumi, for his work on how cells dispose of and recycle their waste – a…