UCI launches effort to develop patient-specific stem cell lines
UC Irvine neurobiologist Hans Keirstead and his research team today launched a project to develop stem cell lines that genetically match human patients. These lines would allow scientists to better...
View ArticleCoenzyme Q10 does not improve Parkinson’s disease symptoms
Contact: Alexander Storch Alexander.Storch@neuro.med.tu-dresden.de JAMA and Archives Journals Small doses of the antioxidant coenzyme Q10 appear to increase blood levels of this naturally occurring...
View ArticleTracing Parkinson’s lethal mechanism
Contact: Erin Doonan edoonan@cell.com 617-397-2802 Cell Press In the vast majority of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, the disorder arises not because of a genetic defect, but because some external...
View ArticleNew gene mutation identified in common type of dementia
ST. PAUL, MN — Researchers have identified a new gene mutation linked to frontotemporal dementia, according to a study published in the July 10, 2007 issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the...
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