Electrical stimulation may delay Parkinson’s disease progression Promising results from a recent pilot clinical trial showed that deep brain stimulation might be effective in treating early-stage disease. July 29, 2020 by Nathan Gock Read More
Parkinson’s Disease and Antioxidant Treatment A recent study highlights a promising potential therapy for the neurodegenerative disease October 23, 2019 by Nathan Gock Read More
Parkinson’s disease and your appendix High levels of improperly shaped proteins in the appendix may be an indicator of Parkinson's disease in the brain. February 12, 2019 by Nathan Gock Read More
A new technique may improve the delivery of medicine to the brain The blood-brain barrier protects our brains, but also makes it harder to deliver medications for brain diseases. Canadian researchers use ultrasound to get around this problem. October 25, 2018 by Nathan Gock Read More
First Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Seven patients will be followed for 2 years after being injected with stem cells, with the hopes of replacing the brain cells that have died. August 16, 2018 by Nathan Gock Read More
Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials Immunotherapy using the patient's own dendritic cells looks promising as a treatment for this highly fatal form of cancer. July 9, 2018 by Nathan Gock Read More
Reprogramming Neurons to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease A promising Alzheimer's disease treatment has been developed as a result of a 2012 Nobel Prize winning discovery May 17, 2018 by Nathan Gock Read More
Molecules That Make Lab-Grown Human Cells Younger Researchers have shown that certain small molecules were able to alter mRNA editing and telomere length in aging human cells. February 10, 2018 by Nathan Gock Read More
Prenatal Inflammation May Affect Brain Development Altered expression of six genes associated with placental indicators of inflammation were found to predict neurocognitive impairment in childhood November 22, 2017 by Nathan Gock Read More
