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Neuron degeneration in Parkinson??s disease is caused in part by oxidative stress, a state of cellular imbalance that can produce molecules damaging to the cellular environment. As a powerful antioxidant, urate could help to correct this, according to the study’s abstract...
Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have identified a correlation between high levels of urate—a naturally occurring antioxidant found in blood—and a lower risk of Parkinson??s disease, according to a study published online last month in The American Journal of Epidemiology...
...promise of embryonic stem cell research is not an abstract hope that there may be cures in distant future, but an expectation of concrete results in the near future. In mice, embryonic stem cells turned in dopamine have already been shown to ameliorate Parkinson??s disease. Embryonic stem cell research promises to save lives. Yet, it also poses pressing questions about where, exactly, the ethical boundaries are. Our country needs a new policy that engages the ethical questions, sets standards, and allows scientists to move forward...
...labs are collaborating on research that might allow a person’s limitless supply of skin cells to be transformed into stem cells that can be used for diagnosing and treating Parkinson?...
...fields where we were not experts,” says Ole S. Isacson, a professor of neurology at the Medical School. Isacson’s lab, which is affiliated with the institute, uses embryonic stem cells as substitute neurons for cells that have died in brains afflicted with Parkinson?...