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a.. Telemedicine Shows Promise for Parkinson’s Disease Care at Rush University Medical Center
b.. Researchers Say Parkinson’s Symptoms Halted in Mice by Blocking Specific Enzyme
c.. Rare Inherited Parkinson’s Disease Appears Linked to Autoimmune Mechanisms
Telemedicine Shows Promise for Parkinson’s Disease Care at Rush University Medical Center
Jun 30, 2016 07:12 am | Daniela Semedo, PhD
Ann Johnson, a retired veterinarian diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) almost a decade ago, usually travels 130 miles from Champaign to Chicago to be treated by Dr. Christopher Goetz at the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Rush University Medical Center. But her most recent appointment lasted less than 30 minutes and occurred in the quiet of […]
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Researchers Say Parkinson’s Symptoms Halted in Mice by Blocking Specific Enzyme
Jun 29, 2016 11:08 am | Magdalena Kegel
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered that an enzyme known to be highly active in the brains of Parkinson’s disease patients places a molecular tag on the protein α-synuclein, causing it to aggregate and worsen its symptoms. The study, “Activation of tyrosine kinase c-Abl contributes to α-synuclein–induced neurodegeneration,” which appeared in […]
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Rare Inherited Parkinson’s Disease Appears Linked to Autoimmune Mechanisms
Jun 28, 2016 07:46 am | Magdalena Kegel
A discovery demonstrating that two Parkinson’s disease risk genes produce proteins preventing the immune system from attacking brain cells makes inherited Parkinson’s cases new candidates for autoimmune diseases. In addition to giving researchers new leads in the search for drugs that might postpone or prevent the disease, the findings might also offer insights into disease processes […]
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