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Waste Not, Want Not: Scientists Turn Plastic Into Levodopa for Parkinson's Disease
In a scientific first, researchers have turned plastic waste into a mainstay treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD).
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used engineered bacteria to convert polyethylene terephthalate (PET) -- a widely used plastic found in bottles and food packaging -- into levodopa (L-DOPA).
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Aspen's personalised Parkinson's cell therapy to advance to Phase III
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Aspen Neuroscience's autologous, personalised stem cell therapy is set for a pivotal trial after it showed improved "ON" and "OFF" time in Parkinson's disease patients.
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Parkinson's disease: Professor Sue Goldie's journey | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The New York Times headline was spare and startling: "Sue Goldie Has Parkinson's Disease. " More than two years earlier, Goldie had agreed to let reporter John Branch chronicle her experience living with Parkinson's --giving him unfiltered access to her life at home and at work, her intense triathlon training, and hundreds of video diaries where she shared her innermost hopes and fears.
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The surprising signs of Parkinson's you might not spot
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When Janet Shipton sat down to write a holiday postcard to her aunt, the then 47-year-old didn't imagine for a second that it would reveal the first symptom of early onset Parkinson's disease.
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Japan approves stem-cell treatment for Parkinson's in world first
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Japan has approved ground-breaking stem-cell treatments for Parkinson's and severe heart failure, one of the manufacturers and media reports said Friday, with the therapies expected to reach patients within months.
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Where you get your drinking water from can raise your risk of...
A new study suggests that where you get your drinking water could increase your odds of being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a devastating movement disorder with no cure.
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Researchers discover pre-symptom signs of Parkinson's in blood
Previous studies have also pointed to various biological indicators of the early stages of Parkinson's disease, including alterations in gut microbiomes, molecules affecting disease onset, and key proteins affecting neurons.
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This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms
The SCAN network, which links movement and thinking, appears to be a key brain area affected in Parkinson's disease.
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Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking.
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Early Parkinson's could be detected decades before symptoms with simple blood test
Rheumatologist Dr. Mahsa Tehrani shares strategies for preventing what a new study projects will be a prevalence of Parkinson's disease on 'America Reports.
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4 Parkinson's disease symptoms that can show up decades before a diagnosis
Many people think of a tremor as the quintessential warning sign of Parkinson's disease. But other symptoms -- many of them not involving changes in movement -- can appear much earlier than what's known as a resting tremor.
