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Epigenetic Analysis of Peripheral Immunity in Parkinson’s Disease
… progression. Study Design: We will analyze blood samples from people with PD and compare them to those from healthy individuals. Using advanced tools, we will …
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Studying the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease Via Single-cell Analysis of Human Brain and Gut Cells: A Basis for Clinical Translation
… More than 100 regions of the chromosomes that we inherit from our parents show differences in DNA sequence between … and RNA (the intermediate molecule through which DNA acts) from more than 3 million single cells in the brain and gut …
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National Football League Donates Record $30 Million to Research on Head Trauma
September 6, 2012
… the league’s former players are at higher risk of death from neurological diseases such as amyotrophic lateral … while the link between these football injuries and dying from Parkinson’s disease (PD) was not shown to be …
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Mixed Clinical Results into Orthostatic Hypotension Drug Mark Latest Turn in Winding Regulatory Road
December 5, 2012
… drug Northera, Chelsea Therapeutics' candidate to treat orthostatic hypotension in Parkinson's and other diseases, which was … Food and Drug Administration in March. Those living with orthostatic hypotension — a sudden drop in blood pressure …
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Why DBS?
October 16, 2012
… her observations at Parkinson's Humor . I am a week away from DBS surgery. I have had a lot of people contact me and … disease for at least sixteen years. I had excellent results from medication when I first started taking it. The change …
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Sleep on This: More Rest Means Better Memory for People with Parkinson’s
August 24, 2012
… course, it’s good for your brain too. This week, a study from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia finds that if you … improve their working memory function. Many with PD suffer from difficult sleeping: In addition to a general difficulty …