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National Effort To Help Patients With Rare Brain Disease To Be Led By UF
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:00:00 -0800
When treating devastating brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, doctors can reach into their medical bags to find something to help a patient. But they come up empty-handed when they try to help the vast majority of patients with ataxia - disabling disorders that rob people of their balance and coordination...
FDA Approves Newly Revised Prescribing Information For AZILECT(R) Reducing Medication And Food Restrictions
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0800
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the newly revised prescribing information for AZILECT® (rasagiline tablets) reducing medication and food restrictions...
A Scaffold Regulating Protein Disposal Identified By MDC Researchers
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:00:00 -0800
How does a cell manage to identify and degrade the diverse types of defective proteins and thus protect the body against serious diseases? The researchers Sabine C. Horn, Professor Thomas Sommer, Professor Udo Heinemann and Dr. Ernst Jarosch of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, have now found a crucial piece in this puzzle...
Irregular Arm Swing May Point To Parkinson's Disease
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800
Irregular arm swings while walking could be an early sign of Parkinson's disease, according to neurologists who believe early detection may help physicians apply treatments to slow further brain cell damage until strategies to slow disease progression are available...
Hope For New Parkinson's Disease Treatment Through RXR Activation
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800
Following up on their previous work showing the rescue of dopamine neurons by chemicals that interact with the retinoid X receptor (RXR), researchers have now investigated the potential of these chemicals, known as RXR ligands, for the treatment of Parkinson's disease...
Neurologix Completes All Surgical Procedures In Its Clinical Trial For Parkinson's Disease
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0800
Neurologix, Inc. (OTCBB:NRGX), a biotechnology company engaged in the development of innovative therapies for the brain and central nervous system, announced the completion of all planned surgeries in an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of the company's gene transfer approach to the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease...

 

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