Word: parkinsonã
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...Harvard lab takes stem cells from human embryos and substitutes them for brain cells that have died because of Parkinson??s disease. Another tries to make stem cells from skin cells...
...student, Lief E. Fenno ’07, received the prize in recognition of his research on growing cells with Parkinson??s disease in a dish using embryonic stem cells...
...Lecturer on Medicine Chad Cowan, one of Fenno’s advisers, praised his work for helping to advance the field of Parkinson??s research...
...than we realize. Perhaps that same-sex couple supporting a Republican candidate is actually a pair of millionaires interested in getting themselves some tax cuts. Maybe those traditional Christians that you see at the Democratic National Convention aren’t godless, but have a family member suffering from Parkinson??s disease and can see the potential benefits of stem-cell research. Ultimately, when these people flout the expectations of our culture, they acknowledge that there is in fact more than one aspect of their identity or lifestyle that’s important to them...
...worked with proteins for almost 20 years. “When a new protein is discovered, the model gives specific insight into that protein.” An important practical application is to learn about misfolded proteins, which can lead to disorders, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson??s diseases. Shakhnovich’s model offers new hope in the fight to treat them. “We need to know how protein structure changes when a drug binds to it,” Shakhnovich said in reference to drugs that treat such deadly diseases...