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Media: Michael J. Fox and Parkinson's Disease
NBC's
Dateline this evening covers Parkinson's Disease. Centering on the work of Michael J. Fox and his Foundation, it also includes segments with Muhammed Ali and his clinical center at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix and with several neuroscientists.
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
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Parkinson's Disease: New Biomarker Effort
From the NIH: NIH launches collaborative effort to find biomarkers for Parkinson's New online resource will support data sharing NIH News 15 January 2013 [snip] "A new initiative aims to accelerate the search for biomarkers — changes in the body...
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Rasagiline And Parkinson's Disease
From the FDA on the 17th of May: FDA Approves New Treatment for Parkinson's Disease The Food and Drug Administration today approved Azilect (rasagiline), a new molecular entity, for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The drug is a monoamine...
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Parkinson Disease Update Live On C-span Today
The Parkinson Disease event presented by the NIH, which I noted here earlier [BrainBlog post on 11 October 2005] was broadcast live today on C-SPAN: Advances in Parkinson's Disease. Check the C-SPAN website for any reairing dates and times. - Anthony...
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Parkinson Disease: Lrrk2, Park8, And Dardarin
From the BBC:
Target found for Parkinson's test
A gene mutation which could be behind one in 25 cases of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by scientists.
It is hoped the findings could lead to the earlier detection of the disease...
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In The Weeklies
This week's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (09 December 2004) includes two research papers and one editorial comment on topics concerning Parkinson disease:
Levodopa and the Progression of Parkinson's Disease by The Parkinson...
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