Posts Tagged ‘Parkinson’s disease’
Health & Medicine - Feb 23, 2011 17:39 - 1 Comment
Protein wangles recruits to do dirty work
STANFORD (US) — A mutant misfolded protein is successful at causing neurodegenerative diseases by moving from cell to cell, corrupting normal proteins into joining its crusade. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 14, 2011 15:07 - 1 Comment
Plaque diseases pivot on peptides
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A new research method has potential for use in early diagnosis and eventual treatment of plaque-related diseases, like Alzheimer’s. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 23, 2010 16:00 - 0 Comments
Curtailing downside of Parkinson’s drug
CARDIFF U. (UK) — An overactive pathway inside nerve cells that can be ‘turned down’ has the potential to halt or reduce the uncontrollable movements called dyskinesia, a side effect of a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 8, 2010 13:04 - 0 Comments
When protein clusters misbehave
CORNELL (US) — New research offers stunning visual evidence of a wide array of protein clusters with varying molecular structures—some of which might be key to understanding Parkinson’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2010 12:27 - 0 Comments
Edit brain to treat Parkinson’s
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Removal of part of the brain could help sufferers of Parkinson’s disease regain smooth initiation of movement. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 15, 2010 9:15 - 4 Comments
Impaired insulin signaling links food to mood
VANDERBILT (US)—Defects in insulin action—which occur in diabetes and obesity—could directly contribute to psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 3, 2010 20:37 - 1 Comment
Putting gene duo to work for Parkinson’s
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Researchers have identified for the first time how two genes work together to remove damaged mitochondria from nerve cells. The finding offers a new lead for potential Parkinson’s treatments. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 28, 2009 11:19 - 1 Comment
Irregular arm swing may point to Parkinson’s
PENN STATE (US)—Too often, by the time Parkinson’s disease is diagnosed, irreparable damage is already done. New research by a team of neurologists finds that gait, or the manner in which people walk—including irregular arm swings—may be a very early marker for the disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 22, 2009 16:28 - 3 Comments
Potential MD treatment from tarantulas
U. BUFFALO (US)—A protein in tarantula venom shows promise as a potential therapy for muscular dystrophy (MD). (more…)
Best of 2009 - Nov 6, 2009 11:39 - 21 Comments
BEST OF 2009: Parkinson’s dopamine killers
IOWA STATE (US)—Researchers have found an essential key that could lead to new treatments and possibly a cure for Parkinson’s disease. They have identified the protein that kills dopamine-producing cells in the brain—and a way to disable it. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 6, 2009 17:00 - 2 Comments
‘Mad-cow’ proteins differ unexpectedly
VANDERBILT (US)—The first direct information about the molecular structure of prions, the infectious proteins responsible for “mad cow” disease, reveals surprisingly large structural differences between natural prions and the closest synthetic analogs created in the lab. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 1, 2009 11:16 - 0 Comments
Brain implants coated with nanotubes
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Newly developed brain implants that can more clearly record signals from surrounding neurons in rats may lead to more effective treatment of disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and paralysis. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 11, 2009 9:48 - 0 Comments
Blame the metal, not the nanotubes
Metal catalysts used to create carbon nanotubes can block a key signaling pathway in neurons. Experiments show the metal particles tend to plug cellular pores normally reserved for calcium ions. (Credit: Lorin Jakubek/Brown University)
Health & Medicine - Jul 7, 2009 12:22 - 0 Comments
Mouse model opens window into Parkinson’s
Neuroscientist Chenjian Li says a new animal model of Parkinson’s will make it possible for scientists to study the disease in real time, “allowing us to track its progression at a cellular and molecular level. What we learn will then feed back into the drug development process.”
Health & Medicine - Mar 6, 2009 16:12 - 1 Comment
Tango improves mobility in Parkinson’s patients
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS (US)/strong>—Dancing the tango may improve balance and mobility in people with Parkinson’s disease. A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that patients who took part in regular tango classes for 20 sessions showed significant improvements when compared to those who did conventional exercise.
